Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
A little delayed – but the notes I took from this session: The presenters were: Moderator Tim Mendham, Dr Rob Morrison, Dr Paul Willis and Steve Cannane. Morrison: There’s only a limited number of specialist scientist journalists employed – and like the rest of the population, there are people who aren’t particularly seeing accurately what [...]
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Episode Forty-Two – On Breakfast And Blogging – Interviews At TAMOz Fringe A direct link to the mp3 here! A short mixture of interviews and opinions from the ‘Blogger’s Breakfast’, a gathering of early-morning breakfasting skeptics in the shade of the Sydney Harbor Bridge. Includes the ‘Placebo Bands’, Dave the Happy Singer (of www.davethehappysinger.com), the [...]
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‘What does make a difference, then? A number of things. Better trained teachers. A school culture that reinforces cross-curricular skills. Improved career prospects for teaching and non-teaching staff. Good resources. Community involvement in the classroom. It’s not a simple solution, let alone one that can be addressed through a liberal dose of public mockery. Rather, [...]
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For what on earth this means, head to Orac’s blog.
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I’m in Sydney! Going to head out soon, I appear to have missed several events already (shame on my podcast members for not telling me what’s going on!) But I forgot to mention before I left home – yes, I finally got these following episodes online! Question. Explore. Discover. Token Skeptic Forty – On The [...]
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You have no idea how much I hate this guy. He’s the artist who is responsible for my cat logo on my blog. His art and writing has appeared in science publications internationally and he currently works for CSIRO. A former member of the Shell Questacon Science Circus and graduate of the ANU Science Communication [...]
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