I’ll be very busy and tied up with work and personal business for quite a while – so I will let you enjoy the following gem in celebration of Darwin, beyond Darwin Day!
Michael McRae, CSIRO’s Science by Email coordinator, was interviewed earlier on this blog about Science Communication and Education.
I had the opportunity to hear him present in person for the 2008 BrisScience lectures on the topic ‘Wolf in a Sheep’s Labcoat – Pseudoscience in the 20th Century‘. I even managed some YouTube footage, on an earlier blogpost about his presenting for BrisScience:
As far as philosophies for understanding our world go, science is relatively novel. Yet what distinguishes science from other methodologies? Is pseudoscience a convenient slur for anything which doesn’t fit the conventional paradigm, or is it a real threat science communicators need to face? How can we teach people to be critical in their evaluation of new information? And most importantly, do sheep ever wear labcoats?
If you haven’t checked out his earlier presentation on Australia’s nationwide Radio National show ‘All In The Mind’ about skepticism - you can read and view it here!
Skeptics on Skeptical Thinking – Nobody likes being told their most cherished beliefs are based on myth and misconception. But the global skeptics movement does just that. In the classroom and beyond – All in the Mind excavates the nature of the skeptical enquiry with magician The Amazing Randi, Mythbuster’s Adam Savage and other enquiring minds.
But first, I have to announce that his work has appeared on Radio National, again! This time, it’s the popular Science Show:
Darwin’s descendants – Two of Charles Darwin’s great-great-grandsons talk about their famous ancestor and how the link affects their lives today. They also reflect on the achievements of Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution, which has become the basis of our understanding of the natural world.
Enjoy listening, support his work! 
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