Slowly being seduced by Portugal 22 Apr 2009 I gave my talk today on tree thinking at the local science museum for kids and the general public, which is amazingly popular. The Portuguese seem to hold science and knowledge in high esteem. Which is great. The Ciências Viva helped pay for my ticket, so I hope they liked my presentation. It will be online as a podcast, and they apparently simulcast it at the time, too. I didn’t let you know that because I want to check it before I tell my loyal readers about it. Oops… I am overwhelmed by the hospitality and food here. If I could learn another language, or they all spoke English, I’d happily live here. I have to thank Nathalie Gontier of the Faculdade de Ciências of the Universidade de Lisboa, who has gone above and beyond the call of hosting visiting Australians. I hope she gets well from her unfortunate dose of flu, which I deny having brought with me. Administrative History
Accommodationism Accommodating Science overview 13 Mar 2014 I have done quite a lot of blogging under this heading lately so I thought it might be useful to get all the posts used in order: On beliefs Why do believers believe silly things? The function of denialism Why do believers believe THOSE silly things? The “developmental hypothesis” of… Read More
Australian stuff Why anti science? 23 Nov 2013 Over the past few decades there has been an increasingly negative attitude by governments, pundits, religiosi and faux philosophers against science. We have seen an increase in denialism about climate change (one of the most well supported scientific models of the day), vaccination, evolution, medical research in general, and the… Read More
History Not Good Ideas #1 26 Jun 2009 Yeah, like this isn’t going to end with Jeff Goldblum in the back of an SUV running away very quickly… Read More
So did you have to speak through an interpreter? And are there many Portuguese interpreters who speak Strine?
So did you have to speak through an interpreter? And are there many Portuguese interpreters who speak Strine?
So did you have to speak through an interpreter? And are there many Portuguese interpreters who speak Strine?
So did you have to speak through an interpreter? And are there many Portuguese interpreters who speak Strine?
So did you have to speak through an interpreter? And are there many Portuguese interpreters who speak Strine?
So did you have to speak through an interpreter? And are there many Portuguese interpreters who speak Strine?
We are submonoglots. Thank you John for giving me the best laugh to start the day for a long, long time 😉
We are submonoglots. Thank you John for giving me the best laugh to start the day for a long, long time 😉
We are submonoglots. Thank you John for giving me the best laugh to start the day for a long, long time 😉
or they all spoke English IME they do, for values of ‘all’ such that you can always find someone who does. The first time we visited Lisbon, we walked past a picket line outside a factory and, being nosy, wondered what was up. So I spent about five minutes researching my phrase book and came up with something which I hoped meant “Excuse me, do you speak English or French?” I tried this out on the shop steward. He replied in perfect BBC accents, “Certainly, which would you prefer?” What a great country.