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Monthly Archives: December 2012
Lies, Damned Lies and Climate
One of the things that is meant to distinguish newspapers of record from trashier outlets is factchecking. This is one of the many things generally thought to have declined as budgets are squeezed, even as checking becomes easier. Nevertheless, if … Continue reading
Posted in Enemies of science, Global Warming
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Science, Parties, Anything
Update: If anyone is inspired by this to see Mick Thomas, they might want to consider this charity concert. I spent Christmas Eve enacting one of my annual traditions, seeing Mick Thomas perform. Thomas used to be with Weddings, Parties, … Continue reading
Posted in Global Warming, Science policy, Uncategorized
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Feminism and Science
Cherchez La Femme is a truly wonderful monthly discussion group hosted by the awesome Karen Pickering. Each event is based around an event “Feminism and…” While all the ones I have been to have been great, the Feminism and Science … Continue reading
Posted in Science policy
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What Stops Religion?
Update: I’ve had some really thoughtful responses on my facebook page to the original version of this post. I already knew it wasn’t really right when I posted it, but it was so delayed I thought I’d just run with … Continue reading
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My Philosphy of Fundraising
(Not Science, but posting here so I can send to friends easily). At this time of year I get sent messages from the online lobby group/newssite Causes saying “Thanks to Facebook, in one week all of your friends will see … Continue reading
The Denialist Circle
A search of Google News brings up no references to this paper, which seems to me a pity. As part of her PhD at Curtin University CSIRO researcher Zoe Leviston conducted two studies of what people thought about climate change. … Continue reading
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This, Just This.
Around the age of seven I decided I wanted to be an astronomer. As time went on my choice refined. I wanted to work on the discovery of extra-solar planets, that is planets around stars other than the Sun (something … Continue reading
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