by podblack on July 17, 2010
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 [...]
by podblack on July 3, 2010
The following probably isn’t news at all for many of you – essentially, Pharyngula (PZ Myers) in his post The Woman Problem reflected upon another post Where are all the female skeptics at? by SkeptiFem.
This led to PZ urging comments with links to sites – there were even a few very pertinent comments that echo [...]
by podblack on May 21, 2010
What is Retrospectacle? This series of posts are a kind of Thomas Dolby-inspired ‘retrospectacle’ of earlier entries from my site, which will fill in during the time that I am busy working and cannot blog on a regular basis as usual.
I’ll be back writing later next week – feel free to give feedback as [...]
by podblack on April 6, 2010
Skepticism and Women’s Intuition – and much more! Token Skeptic Podcast – episodes 14 and 15, now out!
Scott Sigler features in “Episode Fourteen – On Science Fiction And Skepticism” – conducted on Monday during the final day of SwanCon, the Perth Science Fiction convention.
Dr Scott Lilienfeld features in “Episode Fifteen – On Women’s Intuition And [...]
by podblack on March 24, 2010
It’s about… some-kind-of-absurd-hour of the night (or is it morning?) where I am now and I’ve been up for about an hour already.
This is the time when there are no children squeaking in the yard. No sound of breakfast being made. No party banging on down the street and the television isn’t blaring the [...]
by podblack on March 23, 2010
Blogging For Girls by Quiet Riot Girl – in response to Margaret Wente of Canada’s Globe and Mail, who wrote ‘Why Are Bloggers Male‘?
“She thinks blogging is ‘a guy thing’, like driving a snowmobile up a mountain ‘at 120 miles per hour’ is a guy thing (for James Bond maybe). According to Wente, women don’t [...]