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Category Archives: Science and Rationaltiy
ThinkorSwim censor Zone5!
On February 4th this year I wrote a post called Climate Change: Will the Real Skeptics Please Stand up?. A couple of weeks later, I offered the same post to John Gibbons who runs the climate change blog ThinkorSwim, after … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Science and Rationaltiy
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All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace
I only just recently got to watch Adam Curtis’ latest documentary, All Watched Over By Machines of Loving Grace, which I really enjoyed. As with Curtis’ previous work, such as The Power of Nightmares, a very wide range of different … Continue reading
Open Letter to Rob Hopkins and Transition
Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Towns movement, has posted some comments on my recent blog post The Hockey Stick Illusion in which he has challenged the change of course this blog has taken since its inception in 2006. Since … Continue reading
The Hockey Stick Illusion
Book Review The Hockey Stick Illusion- Climategate and the Corruption of Science by A.W.Montford pbck; 482pp Stacey International 2010 In this thorough and well documented book Andrew Montford of the Bishop Hill blog tells the extraordinary story of one of … Continue reading
Posted in book review, climate change, Science and Rationaltiy
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Climate alarmism and the Goddess: reflections on a visit to ThinkorSwim
If John Gibbons had any intention of trying to allay my fears that there is a strong ideological basis to much climate change activism when he accepted my recent post on climate skeptics, this was quickly forgotten. John’s appraisal of … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, climate change, collapse, Peak Oil, Science and Rationaltiy
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Climate Change: Will the Real Skeptics Please Stand Up?
Update 16-02-11: a slightly revised version of this post is now on ThinkorSwim where a lively discussion ensues… Update: Sept. 4th 2011- the post at ThinkorSwim was taken down, along with another interesting discussion- I have posted the comments from … Continue reading
Into the Wild: a Parable for our Times
One of the most enduring quasi-religious myths in the environmental movement is that our percieved problems- the percieved crisis in the modern world- stems from a separation from nature. We were born in pre-history, an integral part of Mother Nature … Continue reading
Steiner schools: A Fantastical Edifice of Nonsense
Update: Part 2 of the series on Steiner Schools on DC’s Improbable Science: The Steiner Waldorf cult uses bait and switch to get state funding.Part 2 Another excellent post exposing more of the extraordinary shenanigans in various countries that is … Continue reading
Posted in Science and Rationaltiy
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We don’t need GE crops but Africa does
Starved for science: How Biotechnology is being kept out of Africa Robert Paalberg Harvard University Press 2009 Pbck 235pp Harvard Professor Robert Paalberg has written a book that makes essential reading for anyone interested in global food politics and why … Continue reading
Posted in Biodiversity, Food, Geo-politics, Science and Rationaltiy
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Stir- Crazy: Permaculture, Biodynamics and Compost Teas
In a recent interview, permaculture teacher Albert Bates discusses Rudolph Steiner and Biodynamics: Click here for MP3 Albert defends Steiner on the basis that Anthroposophy has created a “tribe” which he sees as a good thing. In reality, Anthroposophy is … Continue reading
Posted in Compost, Gardens, Permaculture, Podcast, Science and Rationaltiy
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