1. How to die? “If we remove faith from the equation, voluntary euthanasia presents a difficulty for the conservative dislike of change. In the broad sweep of Western history it is new, or at least newly popular, which means a conservative should … [Read more...] about What to Listen to, and Read, This Week
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Thomas Kuhn on Novelty and Expectation
The Harvard trained physicist and famous philosopher and historian of science, Thomas Kuhn, often refers to a psychological experiment in his book ‘The Structure of Scientific Revolutions’ whereby individuals fail to notice individual anomalous cards … [Read more...] about Thomas Kuhn on Novelty and Expectation
Tim Flannery’s Failings Ignored
‘The Government says it wants a “climate expert” to sell the message to the public, and who do they pick? A small mammal expert whose predictions on the climate are so wrong any normal person would slink off in shame. But not Flannery, the Teflon … [Read more...] about Tim Flannery’s Failings Ignored
More on the Stefan-Boltzmann Equation: A Note from Martin Hertzberg
'There is an important point that was missed in your article about the Stefan-Boltzmann equation. Applying the argument to the "greenhouse gas" theory is quite simple: there can be no "back radiation" from the colder atmosphere to the warmer earth's … [Read more...] about More on the Stefan-Boltzmann Equation: A Note from Martin Hertzberg
Parliament to Finally Admit Water Act Unbalanced?
On the pages of The Australian Financial Review on November 16, 2010, Sydney barrister Jospehine Kelly wrote that: "No one in federal Parliament is being honest with the people of the Murray-Darling basin and the Australian pubilc. The Water Act … [Read more...] about Parliament to Finally Admit Water Act Unbalanced?
Looking for AGW in a Sea of Natural Variability: Declining Rainfall in SW Western Australia (Part 2) – A Note from Luke Walker
Finding anthropogenic global warming (AGW) shapes in the fog of variability is a major challenge, simply because natural climate variability is large. And then the problem becomes attributing those changes to a climate mechanism in an interlinked … [Read more...] about Looking for AGW in a Sea of Natural Variability: Declining Rainfall in SW Western Australia (Part 2) – A Note from Luke Walker
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
