OLD newspapers hold a lot of information, some of it very valuable. I’m not only referring to last week’s The Land, but clippings that date back to editions published one hundred or more years ago. For example, in the Sydney Morning Herald on … [Read more...] about Newspapers as the guardians of hot history
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Open Thread
Some things worth remembering … We are persuaded not by truth, but by fidelity to evidence and context. It is important to understand the difference between propaganda and information. Objectivity is a research method, not a philosophy. … [Read more...] about Open Thread
Go Boldly and Smash all Preconceptions: Steve Goddard
WE all have heroes. British biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) is one of mine. The contemporary of Charles Darwin wrote: “Sit down before facts as a little child, be prepared to give up every conceived notion, follow humbly wherever and … [Read more...] about Go Boldly and Smash all Preconceptions: Steve Goddard
Rutherglen: Still Looking for Answers
A CENTRAL thesis of global warming is that temperatures will keep going up, and up. They did from about 1960 to 2002 at many places around Australia, but not at all of them. At Ruthergen, a wine-growing region of north-eastern Victoria, temperatures … [Read more...] about Rutherglen: Still Looking for Answers
So much Conversation, so little evidence
I'VE never meet Jo Nova in person. But she can write a good headline, and she cares about the truth. Her blog has never received any government funding, but it includes a lot of interesting facts and evidence on science-related … [Read more...] about So much Conversation, so little evidence
Weatherman’s records detail heat that ‘didn’t happen’: Graham Lloyd
THE famous Australian poet Henry Lawson wrote, “If you know Bourke you know Australia.” For me Henry Lawson was alluding to the vastness of the landscape, the extremes of climate, and also the can-do attitude of its people. But the technocrats … [Read more...] about Weatherman’s records detail heat that ‘didn’t happen’: Graham Lloyd
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
