Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Includes Desiree Schell, PZ Myers and Dr. Kiki! This was one of the panels that I would have really have loved to have caught live, so it’s great to see it online! Others after the jump, six in total.
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“Don’t leave the duck there. It’s totally irresponsible. Put it on the swing, it’ll have much more fun.” Sleep Talkin’ Man. This blog-post is inspired by the fact that I just fell solidly out of bed and onto a book. Nice hardcover edition of Phillip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials’ omnibus. Seriously ouch-y. I woke up [...]
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*Sigh* Astoundingly busy Valentine’s day weekend, including sorting out travel plans for the end of the year and catching up with family. Just by scheduling everything it’s kind of squeezed out getting stuff online – so, distract yourself with the new Homologous Legs blog post: Carnival of the Godless, No. 135 – Darwintine’s Day Edition! [...]
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Thanks to BastardSheep for putting this online! This video is of members of Victorian Skeptics taking back the word “skeptic” from Climate Change “skeptics”, better known as Deniers. It appeared on the ABC TV show Insiders at 9am on the 14th of February 2010. Left to right we have Terry Kelly, President of the Victorian [...]
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A little earlier I posted on some examples of what I’d usually consider to be plagiarism, in a post called Science – So What (?) Is Being Really Communicated About The Shape Of Jobs To Come? Now it’s been reported in the Time Higher Education Supplement! ‘Misleading’ science career report criticised, by Zoe Corbyn: A [...]
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Before I begin – thanks to everyone who has been waiting for the Token Skeptic podcast to come out – I strongly recommend you check out the Princess Scientist Podcast while you’re waiting over the next twelve hours or so for me to post up the ‘missing episodes’! As Mur Lafferty, podcaster, author and continual [...]
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If you’re interested in my quasi-regular reviews of the Hungry Beast show from 2009, you can find them here! NickdMiller ~ Disliked Hungry Beast last year when I had high expectations. Expected crap this year and pleasantly surprised. It’s still BTN meets Chaser. #hungrybeast Bernietb I don’t know, tbh. It’s just odd. Informative, irreverent, occasionally [...]
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