“ONLY beliefs are true or false, or sentences that express beliefs.” That’s according to Marianne Talbot, University of Oxford, explaining “critical reasoning” in a course available for download through iTunes. A theory, like anthropogenic global … [Read more...] about Open Thread
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Tangled Temperature Trends
ON 10th June 2014 I sent the Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for the Environment, an email suggesting that a cooling temperature trend was establishing across northeastern Australia. I recently received a reply from the Bureau with a covering letter … [Read more...] about Tangled Temperature Trends
After the Inlet to Rostocker Harbour Closed Over
There is nothing sustainable about the current management of the Lower Murray and its crippled estuary. Lakes Albert and Alexandrina are vast shallow near-coastal lagoons that started to dry-up during the recent Millennium drought (2003-2009). … [Read more...] about After the Inlet to Rostocker Harbour Closed Over
Acknowledgement of the Need for Management of Australia’s Rangelands
FANCY an article on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation website suggesting that, “the rangelands are overall, in remarkably good health”. Not only that, but the recent article suggested there is a role for landholder in the management of … [Read more...] about Acknowledgement of the Need for Management of Australia’s Rangelands
Three Facts Most Sceptics Don’t Seem to Understand
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend the Ninth International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC9) in Las Vegas. If you ever doubted scepticism towards man-made global warming as a growing social movement, well, you couldn’t after … [Read more...] about Three Facts Most Sceptics Don’t Seem to Understand
Fewer Deaths from Heat Events, But Reasons Obscured
MORE people died in Australia from extreme heat events in 1896 than in any other year, with 450 dead nationally. The second worst year was 2009 with 432 dead, followed by 1939 with 420. Considering these numbers in terms of total population, then … [Read more...] about Fewer Deaths from Heat Events, But Reasons Obscured
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
