I am always amazed at how many people are quick to report cause and effect when a couple of variables show a correlation. I was emailed this image, with a note that it represents proof the world is getting warmer! What can we conclude from this … [Read more...] about Proof the World is Getting Warmer?
Philosophy
How Many Died at Chernobyl?
Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park and other best sellers, gave a lecture on 6th November with the text now 'doing the rounds' on the internet. Titled, 'Fear, Complexity and Environmental Management in the 21st Century' it is a bit of a … [Read more...] about How Many Died at Chernobyl?
Intelligent What? Not Science.
This is the best news that I have heard in ages, from the Boston Globe Online: WASHINGTON -- A federal judge in Pennsylvania yesterday ruled that intelligent design is "nothing less than the progeny of creationism" and should not be taught in public … [Read more...] about Intelligent What? Not Science.
In Defence of a Good Lie
Many academics genuinely believe that promoting anxiety and fear about a problem is a form of valium public service, according to Frank Furedi, a professor of sociology at Kent University, writing in The Times Higher Education Supplement last … [Read more...] about In Defence of a Good Lie
Phoenix Environmentalism
Brad Allenby, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Arizona State University, suggests in an essay at Earthvision website that ideologically driven environmentalism is failing, that there is a need for a new environmentalism which he … [Read more...] about Phoenix Environmentalism
The Radical Right
I have previously posted that the left think the right are evil and the right think the left are dumb, click here. In the same post I suggested that people who really believe as much should get out and about a bit more. Well last night I was out … [Read more...] about The Radical Right