"To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds. And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer … [Read more...] about Barack Obama’s Inaugural Speech
Philosophy
To Dump Iron Sulphate in the Southern Ocean, or Not
YOUR concept of nature is almost certainly going to influence whether you support the idea of a German ship dumping 20 tons of iron sulphate over 300 square kilometres of Southern Ocean to provoke a massive algal bloom for carbon … [Read more...] about To Dump Iron Sulphate in the Southern Ocean, or Not
Hot Days
In the same way as the full moon is supposed to cause a rise in lunatic acts, I hate hot days because it brings out the AGW fringe. Art Raiche, Sydney … [Read more...] about Hot Days
From Gaia to Medea: More Hubris
THE Gaia hypothesis first proposed by British scientist James Lovelock – the notion that all living things are interlinked as a single self-regulating body – is popular with some scientists and accords with the idea that because human activity has … [Read more...] about From Gaia to Medea: More Hubris
Magazine Duped by anti-GM Activist – A Case of More of the Same
I SUBSCRIBE to a magazine called Quadrant. It comes out every couple of months and often includes interesting articles by well-known Australian conservatives, libertarians and mavericks on a range of topics from dinning in New York to global … [Read more...] about Magazine Duped by anti-GM Activist – A Case of More of the Same
Environmentalism Needs to be Tolerant of Scepticism: Freeman Dyson
"THERE is a worldwide secular religion which we may call environmentalism, holding that we are stewards of the earth, that despoiling the planet with waste products of our luxurious living is a sin, and that the path of righteousness is to live as … [Read more...] about Environmentalism Needs to be Tolerant of Scepticism: Freeman Dyson
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD is a critical thinker with expertise in the scientific method.
