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The following is fictional and bears no relation to actual events. But not the bits which have me *headdesking* in recollection. If there is any distinguishing factor that unites lower-school high-school Philosophy teachers, it is the Philosophical problem of The Human Centipede. A problem that we really could do quite well without. No, I am [...]

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You’re going to have to excuse me for taking so long to write this blog-post about what I did on Saturday night – Academic Database Journal Search isn’t being very helpful at the moment: Search terms – ‘moon’ and ‘libido’ and ‘human’ = NO RECORDS IN SET. On Saturday night I attended Perth Scitech’s “Very Sexy [...]

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I really have have half-a-dozen things requiring completion (particularly new podcast episodes out on Token Skeptic) – but the lure of retweeting jokes about the #onmouseover on Twitter… BBC News: A flaw in the website of micro-blogging service Twitter is being used to pump out pop-up messages and links to porn sites. So, if you’re [...]

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When I was in Sydney, I saw the musical ‘Wicked!’ Yes, someone who investigates paranormal claims, superstitions and the scientific measurement of belief… watching witches? Well, it’s all part of further research – and a love of drama! Earlier on, in a blog-post I wrote about sports, theatre (or theater!), dramatic arts and study superstitions [...]

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Just as I’ve been enjoying reading the very skeptically-minded breakdown (and an excellent one at that) of ‘Is that a fallacy in your pocket or can you cite some sources? A Response to “Feminism at TAM”‘ — here’s some more skepticism! From the official site: “In October 2008 Tim worked with Animator Martin White to [...]

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AUTISM AND GENETIC LINK – What Say Now, AVN?

by podblack on June 11, 2010

Firstly – sorry if I’m not keeping things updated, there are serious internet issues I’m having which limit my access. If you’ve recently emailed or ‘Tweeted’ me or even got in touch via Facebook, I will respond later when I can! Today, in my classroom, I told my students what the Australian Vaccination Network was, [...]

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A response to “female representation. Where the hell is it?” by The Rather Friendly Skeptic. “…why is it only a few women are ever seen speaking at conferences and why do we never see a predominantly female line up at such conferences?” They linked to my site! As Desiree Schell mentioned in the comments of that [...]

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Okay, colour-changing-card-me confused about the combination of a new paper and a much older report on the benefits of magic tricks for children! Questioning something that even I find rather palatable upon first reading isn’t unusual, particularly if it involves education claims. I guess I like to question even my own fervent hope that an [...]

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