Category Archives: Journalism

Come the revolution, first up against the wall.

The decline of Australian progressivism

Australian state Queensland had an election yesterday, and the result went from a Labor government to a virtual elimination of Labor in the state parliament. This follows, and exceeds, similar defeats in New South Wales last year, and Victoria the … Continue reading

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Attack of the Unlibrarian

I am generally fairly IT savvy (I even have an ancient IT degree), but at the same time I am rather unconvinced that the future is as digital as everyone says. In particular I have been appalled at the constant … Continue reading

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Filed under Academe, Education, General Science, Journalism, Politics

Amis to Hitchens on agnosticism

My dear Hitch: there has been much wild talk, among the believers, about your impending embrace of the sacred and the supernatural. This is of course insane. But I still hope to convert you, by sheer force of zealotry, to … Continue reading

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New rules for science journalism

From Zack Weiner’s Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. Click the red button too.

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The view from nowhere and objectivity in the media [revised]

Okay, after a solid bout of teaching, I can return to this piece. Rosen has attacked my interpretation, and rightly so. I ascribed to him views he did not hold. But, as I say elsewhere, this blog is for ill-formed … Continue reading

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A link to a kill

I have finished my lecture for tomorrow early! So linkies!

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Filed under Academe, Australian stuff, Creationism and Intelligent Design, Epistemology, Evolution, General Science, Genetics, History, Humor, Internet filtering, Journalism, Links, Media, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Pop culture, Religion, Science, Social evolution, Systematics, Technology, trashcan categorial

How scientific journalism is, and should be done

I wrote in my last links page, “Martin Robbins at the Guardian blog site spoofed science journalism with a “meta” entry. Here, he explains why and what to draw from it.” A scientist friend asked me my opinion. Never one … Continue reading

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Killer Links from Outer Space

I really have to do these more often… but I’ve been teaching.

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The Quiet Links

After the apocalypse, links…

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Filed under Administrative, Biology, Ecology and Biodiversity, Evolution, General Science, History, Journalism, Links, Media, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Politics, Race and politics, Religion, Science, Species and systematics, Species concept

The Link in Red

Too many links! Here are some… @ Rationally Speaking: Eliezer Yudkowsky on Bayes and science: what? and Honest and Decent Humans Should Oppose This Pope [apropos of which, see Deaf victim of sex abuse is suing pope, and going public … Continue reading

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