Category Archives: Censorship
Full Metal Links
More on PepsiGate: Neuron Culture leaves, Mike doesn’t, ScienceBlogs apologises, Brookhaven explains and clarifies (and Josh discusses this), PZ, James Hrynyshyn, Erik Klemetti and Greg Laden move on [Later: as does Mike Dunford], Knight Science Journalism Tracker explains why that … Continue reading
Filed under Biology, Censorship, Evolution, General Science, Links, Philosophy, Politics, Religion
Ferris Link's Day Off
See, this is what happens. I take a day off to write some serious stuff, and I accrue dozens of links… Top of the news is that the secrets of Çatalhöyük are about to be unveiled. Why this matters is … Continue reading
Filed under Australian stuff, Censorship, Epistemology, Evolution, Freedom, History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Species concept
Ferris Link’s Day Off
See, this is what happens. I take a day off to write some serious stuff, and I accrue dozens of links… Top of the news is that the secrets of Çatalhöyük are about to be unveiled. Why this matters is … Continue reading
Filed under Australian stuff, Censorship, Epistemology, Evolution, Freedom, History, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Species concept
On recent developments, and a prospective
So, we have a woman PM. I’m not particularly impressed by that – we should have had equal representation in the Parliament thirty years ago and it’s no great achievement to get a female executive now. We beat the US. … Continue reading
Filed under Australian stuff, Censorship, Freedom, Media, Politics, Rant
The Link Purple
Quite a few links today…
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Filed under Australian stuff, Censorship, Education, Epistemology, Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Evolution, History, Internet filtering, Links, Media, Philosophy, Politics, Pop culture, Religion, Science, Species and systematics, Systematics, Technology
Australian business
So Kevin Rudd has been ousted as PM and Julia Gillard replaces him to become Australia’s first female prime minister. What this means only time will tell, and usually I don’t like factional politics; they are fundamentally undemocratic. But this … Continue reading
Filed under Australian stuff, Censorship
A Link called Wanda
Lots of linky goodness today. That panel discussion that anti-accomoodationists were unhappy about is well described and lightly commentated upon by Tom Paine’s Ghost. Meanwhile, You’re Not Helping gets stuck into the three main anti-accommodationists in their sights: “The New … Continue reading
Filed under Censorship, General Science, Philosophy, Religion, Science
Network censorship by Apple
Everyone who knows me knows I am a Steve Jobs fanboi. I’ve been using Macs since January 1985, and yes, I have an iPhone and I will buy an iPad once I have the cash and they get to a … Continue reading
Filed under Censorship, Freedom, Politics, Technology
A chilling effect
In the judgment in favour of Simon Singh against the British Chiropractic Association’s bogus defamation action, the judge noted that the use of defamation law on scientific discussions had a “chilling effect“, and a movement has resulted to reform libel … Continue reading
Filed under Censorship, Creationism and Intelligent Design, Education, Philosophy, Politics, Science
