Category Archives: Pop culture
Accommodating Science: the backfire effect, and conclusion
[This is the final section of the book. I will return to the section on neurobiology and religion later.] The backfire effect If science is to be communicated to the wider community in a way that will change how people … Continue reading
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Accommodating Science: the backfire effect, and conclusion
[This is the final section of the book. I will return to the section on neurobiology and religion later.] The backfire effect If science is to be communicated to the wider community in a way that will change how people … Continue reading
Posted by in Accommodationism, Epistemology, Journalism, media, Philosophy, Pop culture, Religion, science
Posted by in Accommodationism, Biology, Cognition, education, General Science, media, Philosophy, Politics, Pop culture, Religion, science, Social evolution
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Why anti science?
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 … Continue reading
Posted by in Biology, Epistemology, Evolution, Philosophy, Pop culture, science, Systematics
Drama, journalism and science
Recently the Jonah Lehrer scandal was raised again when he was paid $20,000 to speak on his journalistic dishonesty by the Knight Foundation. I cynically noted on Twitter that being honest and as accurate as I could be netted me … Continue reading
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Thoughts on gun control
There had been the Weapons Law, for a start. Weapons were involved in so many crimes that, Swing reasoned, reducing the number of weapons *had* to reduce the crime rate. Vimes wondered if he’d sat up in bed in the … Continue reading
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The Philosophy Club
There are an increasing number of initiatives to present philosophy and critical thinking to school students, and I am pleased to announce a new one in my home city of Melbourne: The Philosophy Club for ages 8 to 11. As … Continue reading
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