by podblack on December 21, 2009
You can read the transcript here, if you missed the show / couldn’t get the show! ANDREW DENTON: You’ve described science rather beautifully actually as the poetry of reality. Where is the poetry in science? RICHARD DAWKINS: Science is opening your eyes to the wonderfulness of what’s there. It’s, it’s as though you’ve got tiny [...]
by podblack on October 14, 2008
Well? Have you? I admit, I’ve been flat out with Philosophy and Ethics meetings and work (Monday – PD training course; Tuesday – consultation meeting; Wednesday – touching base for the next leg of research; Thursday – see if friends remember I’m alive and Friday – graduation for my former students!). But I’m not missing [...]
by podblack on January 20, 2008
Back in the early 90s, when I first started as a young teacher, I attended TAFE sign-language classes one day a week after school. It was part of what I considered a necessity when getting a well-rounded education – learning another language. Although some time has passed and the experience inspired me to head into [...]