As everyone knows, philosophy comes from the two Greek words philo and sophos, and means, roughly, the love of wisdom, although as everyone also knows,…
2 CommentsCategory: Journalism
Come the revolution, first up against the wall.
Accommodating Science: the backfire effect, and conclusion
[This is the final section of the book. I will return to the section on neurobiology and religion later.] The backfire effect If science is…
43 CommentsEducation, Journalism and Science
My last rant was perhaps somewhat intemperate. Carl Zimmer, who along with Ed Yong I really respect as a science journalist, tweeted it with the…
14 CommentsDrama, journalism and science
Recently the Jonah Lehrer scandal was raised again when he was paid $20,000 to speak on his journalistic dishonesty by the Knight Foundation. I cynically…
19 CommentsThe 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.…
17 CommentsAttack 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…
8 CommentsAmis 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…
14 Comments