Category Archives: Media
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
Filed under Journalism, Media, Science
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
A quote that should be true
… even if it probably isn’t At a television news station, one of the employees put up a sign in the elevator: “The ‘7’ button is broken. Please press ‘4’ and ‘3’.” Then he stood back and watched the behavior … Continue reading
Filed under Humor, Journalism, Media
Pundit parody
Australia doesn’t have lunatics of the calibre of the white supremacist Glenn Beck, at least, not on the media, but we have sufficient punditry to fuel a small nation all right. Idiots like Alan Jones, who incited a racial riot, … Continue reading
Filed under Australian stuff, Journalism, Media, Politics, Pop culture, Technology
Linkraiser
Lots of links today. First, let’s deal with the NYT post by Virginia Heffernan attacking science blogging. There are some fair comments there – I have objected to the religion bashing in many science blogs for a long time, and … Continue reading
Highlinker: There can be many
Many interesting links lately, many to do with #SBFail. As I expected, those who remain have come to an understanding with the Seed mothership. Good luck to them. Personally I think that if you find things work wherever you are, … Continue reading
Filed under Administrative, Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Evolution, History, Links, Media, Philosophy, Rant, Religion, Science, Systematics
Creation, a personal reflection on the movie
I just saw the movie Creation, with Paul Bettany as Darwin and Jennifer Connelly (Bettany’s real life wife) as Emma Darwin. And I am very pleasantly surprised how well it worked as a film, as well as how effectively it … Continue reading
Filed under Evolution, History, Media, Pop culture
