Russert an alien to a serious debate
Category: politics
For reasons unknown to this observer, Tim Russert has in some parts a reputation as a serious journalist.
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 8:41 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Island of Doubt
An irregular exploration of the struggle between the power of rational discourse and the scientific method on one hand, and the forces of superstition and dogma on the other. Mostly regarding climate change, though.
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James Hrynyshyn is a freelance science journalist based in western North Carolina, where he tries to put degrees in marine biology and journalism to good use.
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- Another nail in the Superfreakonomics coffin
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The Demon-Haunted World:
Science as a Candle
in the Dark,
by Carl Sagan
(A
review)
The Doubter's Companion:
by John Ralston Saul (Excerpts)
Skeptic Magazine: www.skeptic.com
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal: www.csicop.org
A poem by Yehuda Amichai:
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The Meaning of the
Island of Doubt
Author's site: cyamid.net
--- H. L. Mencken
By doubting we come to inquiry; and through inquiry we perceive truth.
--- Peter Abelard
Undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.
-- Richard Dawkins
As for evolution, it happened. Deal with it.
-- Michael Shermer.
"There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things
which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand.
Resolve, then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving, and
tiny blasts of tinny trumpets, we have met the enemy, and not only may
he be ours, he may be us."
--Walt Kelly
October 31, 2007
October 29, 2007
There is no such thing as a "woman president"
Category: misc
You wouldn't seriously consider using the phrase "man president," now, would you?
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 8:26 AM • 40 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 27, 2007
Who ya gonna call?
Category: superstition
Considering how down to earth This Old House magazine is, a seemingly serious piece on ghosts must be a joke, right?
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 11:12 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 26, 2007
Uncertainty is here to stay, say climatologists
Category: climate
All those positive feedbacks will accelerate not only global warming, but also increase the uncertainty involved in making predictions about just how warm it will get.
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 8:36 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
After the Warming: a view from 2050 (via 1989)
Category: climate
"Where they got it really wrong was the argument about whether or not the greenhouse effect was actually happening at the time."
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 8:05 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 25, 2007
The depths to which creationists will sink
Category: evolution
"Ouch," Dr. Jacobson said. "It was hideous."
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 8:43 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 24, 2007
Peak Oil: A Thing of the Past?
Category: climate
I have to say that I remain unconvinced that peak oil indeed is in the past. But considering the sources, I am more skeptical of the idea that it remains decades away.
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 7:20 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 23, 2007
And the wind cries ...
Category: climate
It's funny, 'cause it's true. Well, metaphorically speaking......
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 7:35 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 22, 2007
The trouble with Los Angeles
Category: ecology
Jon Gertner's feature in the current Sunday New York Times magazine is a timely reminder of 1) why the Nobel Committee is giving peace prizes to environmentalists and climatologists, and 2) why (as if we needed another reason) Bjorn Lomborg...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 7:44 AM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 21, 2007
Getting rid an environmental scourge: unwanted catalogs
Category: ecology
I've just come across a wonderful concept thanks to Grist. I have no idea if it will work, but it seems worth trying: Run by the Natural Resources Defense Council, National Wildlife Federation, and the Ecology Center, Catalog Choice can,...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 11:46 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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