This might be pretty controversial, but I’m going to go ahead and say it anyway.
I don’t have any problem with people who call themselves “climate change skeptics” — if they really are good skeptics. In fact, based on what I consider a reasonable definition of the term “climate change skeptic”, I’m a climate change skeptic. More on this later.
But, […]
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Cross Posted At Friend of Reason
It’s time for the second installment of my “Chronicle of Belief” where I attempt to put into words my own world-view and the opinions and positions that help define me. This entry is about my identification with the label Secular Humanist, a particular world-view with which I sympathize and identify strongly. […]
It’s been some time I’ve penned some ramblings for YAS (“fingered” is a more accurate word, but conjures disturbing images…), so it’s good to finally have an hour or two spare for some navel gazing. My only explanation for my prolonged absence is that work has been a harsh task-mistress of late, leaving me at the […]
I’m attending Perth Skeptics in the Park, with about a dozen people sitting around in the shade of a gorgeous Sunday, and I’m telling people about the 10:23 Campaign interview I just did for the Skeptic Zone podcast. If you haven’t checked it out, it features Marsh of the Merseyside Skeptics.
Since I’m keen on Perth Skeptics […]
A different author today, since Richard seems a little busy these days.
I must again apologise for my prolonged absence and the current hiatus on Tales From the Tubes — believe me, I don’t like it any more than you do. I’ve spent the last few weeks gradually moving house and trying to get things organised, and while the house theoretically has a phone line installed somewhere, we can […]
This year has been an excellent one for new books — some of my favorites published this year include:
The acquittal on appeal of Farah Jama on Monday highlights a problem most people are not aware of. That is that DNA evidence can be wrong, often with very serious consequences. Mr Jama has spent the last 15 months in jail for a rape he didn’t commit thanks to the probable contamination of DNA samples used […]
A worldview is not some kind of coherent whole, it is not something that can be easily summed up by 1 “ism” word. Each of us has assembled their view over the years piece by piece. A little from our friends, some from our teachers, a chunk from the media we’ve absorbed, a lot from […]
SEVENTY-FIVE ENTRIES! More needed! Get nominating!
Inspired by the annual The Open Laboratory, the Skeptical Blog Anthology is a printed anthology of blog posts voted the very best of 2009, managed by the Young Australian Skeptics in conjunction with the Critical Teaching Education Group (CTEG). The anthology is an attempt to bring a greater awareness of […]
