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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.
James Hrynyshyn is a freelance science journalist and communications consultant based in western North Carolina, where he tries to put degrees in marine biology and journalism to good use.
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:
The
Place
Where We Are Right
The Meaning of the
Island of Doubt
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
February 28, 2009
Category: climate
Daily papers trust their reporters and columnists not to incorporate errors deliberately, and then rely on post-publication corrections to correct the record. That's the way it works, for better or worse.
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 2:59 PM • 1 Comments • 4 TrackBacks
February 27, 2009
Category: climate
How do I put this politely? It is not possible for a reasonable person equipped with a secondary education to read the material George F. Will cites in his columns arguing against the scientific evidence for global warming and come...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 3:18 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 26, 2009
Category: climate
I've long feared that what this country really needs is a weather-related catastrophe that makes Katrina look like spilled milk
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 10:48 AM • 5 Comments • 3 TrackBacks
February 25, 2009
Category: climate
One could argue that this is precisely the kind of mistake that Gore should have been wary of making, and it was sloppy to include it his show...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 9:02 AM • 3 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
February 23, 2009
Category: climate
if Will is right, then he could save NASA a lot of our money by writing climatology reports himself.
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 3:55 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 20, 2009
Category: climate
The focus has shifted from George F. Will's refusal to accept the science of climate change to the Washington Post's refusal to accept responsibility for Will's breach of journalism's most sacred tenets. I don't have more to say, but Carl...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 3:35 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
February 19, 2009
Category: climate
Barack Obama and his Canadian counterpart, Stephen Harper, just wrapped up a joint press conference. Of course, no one said anything particularly newsworthy, but a few comments are worth mentioning....
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 3:53 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: climate
I would have been shocked if Joe Romm hadn't blown another in his infinite supply of gaskets. But the opprobrium has spread to more civil circles.
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 10:13 AM • 14 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
February 18, 2009
Category: evolution
There's enough misrepresentation of Darwin's evolving attitude toward religion and faith as he pondered the implications of evolution by natural selection already.
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 4:15 PM • 13 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
February 15, 2009
Category: climate
George F. Will has once again waded, some might argue over his head, into the hazardous waters of climatology. His latest Washington Post column restates long-discredited arguments against anthropogenic global warming. Rather than waste an entire afternoon examining the flaws...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 3:32 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
