Bloody hell, there are three times as many people on the planet today as there were when I was born!
No wonder I find the cities and traffic too busy.
Got the data from A BBC News web page – 7 billion people and you: What’s your number?.
-
Search this blog
-
Disclaimer
The views expressed on this blog are those of the author and do not reflect the views of the owners of SciBlogs.co.nz, the Science Media Centre or the Royal Society of New Zealand
-
Archive
-
2013
-
May
- Black cat in a dark room – and the role of science
- A New Zealand climate change pseudosceptic apologises!
- Pseudosceptics are at it again – misrepresenting and attacking climate scientists
- Chris Hadfield’s 5-month Space Mission in 90 Seconds
- Confusion and distortion – has global warming stopped?
- “Incontrovertible” is it, Rodney?
- Video coverage of astronauts’ return to earth next Tuesday morning
- A beggar’s market?
- Interfaith delusions
- The limits of philosophy
- April ’13 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
April
- ‘The Unbelievers’ and science
- A global warming hoax meme is born – in New Zealand too!
- Friday follies – what happened to the “official AGW hypothesis?”
- Fiddling with census figures for religion in New Zealand
- The beginning (of the universe) for beginners
- Terrorism and the West’s obsession with oil
- Marriage equality, retribution and moral progress
- A sombre night in Boston
- Moving into the mainstream – on the coat tails of the “New Atheists”
- Thatcher, Monckton and Pinochet
- Potty peer in Waikato
- New Zealand Blog ranking Montage
- What is global temperature?
- I was wrong about Lord Monckton
- New “Hockey Stick” but same tired old denial
- March ’13 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
March
- April Fools and Agenda 21
- Christchurch from space
- A war between religion and science?
- Climate contrarians/deniers are cherry picking again
- Dishonesty of intelligent design “research”
- Something for all those lapsed catholics
- Dawkins’ new book
- Our world from the International Space Station
- Creationists prefer numerology to real scientific research
- Don’t panic
- Talking sense about morality
- Extreme confirmation bias in action
- Greedy Lying Bastards
- Those arguments against marriage equality
- Census 2013: That religion question
- Climate change is not simple
- February ’13 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
February
- A sensible Christian perspective on Peter Singer
- No immutable truths, no eternal dogmas
- Global climate – and your grandchildren
- Entertaining – and the science is good
- The truth about the hockey stick
- Origins of religious ethics and violence
- Sean Faircloth, Director of Richard Dawkins Foundation, visiting NZ
- The Russian meteor – what we know
- Should we be prepared?
- Does religion blur understanding of evolution?
- The “dynamic duo” of science?
- A day for cheap shots
- Science as the best, possibly only, way to truth
- The reality of cancer
- Education should never validate ignorance
- “Divine commands” and personal conscience
- January ’13 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
January
- Troll training
- Is your region warming?
- No cause for alarm – if you cherry pick
- The political alarmism behind climate change denial
- Can philosophers, or anyone, tell us what is “right” and “wrong”?
- History of science – for Kiwis
- Who is guilty of misusing science?
- Deconstructing climate change, and its deniers
- Deconstructing climate change, and its deniers
- Amazing photos of Shuttle Endeavour flight deck
- Australia’s “New Normal?”
- Going beyond the evidence
- A time for hypocrisy
- A time for hypocrisy
- Historians and sociologists just as human as scientists
- December ’12 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
May
-
2012
-
December
- A problem with logic
- Historians and sociologists lecture scientists – about science
- Wonders of Life coming – we hope
- A dose of reality
- Pulling the wool over the eyes of the faithful
- Scientists and philosophers discuss morality and meaning
- Christmas present from NASA
- At last – Moving Naturalism Forward videos
- Getting the Book Invented
- Sense on evolutionary psychology.
- Does science have a cognitive privilege?
- Sceptical humility and peer review in science
- Cancer – an emotional rollercoaster
- Sceptical arrogance and evolutionary psychology
- And now for a bit of drama
- Agreement polar ice sheets are melting
- November ’12 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
November
- Regarding women as animals
- Christmas present for nerds – what about science books?
- Time for philosophical honesty about Darwin
- Religion in schools – a sensible approach
- Climate change deniers don’t understand expertise
- The arrogance of supernatural privilege
- Morality and non-human animals
- More damage from megastorm Sandy
- Capturing kid’s minds with emotions
- That particle again
- Who were Stalin’s victims?
- Reports from the Moving Naturalism Forward workshop
- The elephant in the US elections
- October ’12 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
October
- Sex, Death And The Meaning Of Life. Episode 3: Meaning
- Who are these “credible experts”?
- The mini-iPad and original sin
- Death – part 2 of a series
- Beer, anxiety and depression – their origins
- Why (some) Christians support discrimination
- Sex, Death And The Meaning Of Life – Sin
- Moving Naturalism Forward
- A concise summary of climate change – science and politics
- From evolution to belief
- Are you offended yet?
- This has to stop
- Sneaking in the magic man
- Naturalism and science are incompatible
- None so blind
- A Kiwi makes it to Mars!
- September ’12 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
September
- The most important place you didn’t know about
- A useful map of the human body
- The paradoxes of theological gullibility
- The internet – Yeah, right!
- US air traffic on a typical day and on September 11, 2001
- Finish the sentence . . .
- People saying stupid things on the Internet
- Another anti-science attack on Mann fails – but the lies continue
- Secularism – its internal problems
- Politics and economics of Arctic ice loss
- Internet silos become ideological ghettos
- Climate change denier’s false “deep distress” fools no-one
- Changing that light bulb while in denial
- High Court ruled on integrity – not science
- New Zealand climate change denial defeated
- I don’t know!
- Making giant flowers out of fireworks
- Moral evolution in today’s society
- August ’12 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
August
- Drifting moral values
- Subjective morality – not what it seems?
- Objective or subjective laws and lawgivers
- Neil Armstrong by Buz Aldrin
- Nooooo!
- Making sense of religion, science, and morality
- Kiwi science fiction with a message
- Science – the greatest story ever told
- A sundial on Curiosity?
- Scientific shift work
- Cynical evangelisation of children
- Therapeutic ranting
- Infectious jubilation
- Curiosity requires patience
- Going for gold – on Mars
- A load of science
- July ’12 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
July
- NZ Blog Rankings FAQ
- So scientism = non-theism?
- Saying it with flowers
- What really happens in religious instruction classes?
- What Is Life? From Schrödinger to Watson to Venter
- Their mission – values or advancement of religion?
- The story behind the High Court action
- Ethical enquiry or moral instruction?
- Scepticism, denial and the high court
- William Lane Craig’s philosophy – the condensed version
- So you think science has a problem?
- Peter Singer on the misrepresentation of Peter Singer
- Human values are secular
- End of life decisions
- Why the Higgsteria?
- Cost of scientific research – and political naivity
- The creationism controversy – a summary
- Is there room for religion in science?
- June ’12 – NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
June
- Scientific knowledge should trump “belief”
- Seven Minutes of Terror
- Australian census confirms healthy trend
- Science is messy – for girls too!
- Print-on-demand books – what’s the hold-up?
- How to write a best-seller!
- Sharp increase in “nones”
- A disciplined discussion
- What did Galileo ever do to you?
- Gnu bashing once again
- The prejudiced journalist
- Do atheists need religion?
- Mixing values and Jesus in secular education
- The Scamtific Method
- May ’12 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
May
- Scientific knowledge — reliable but not certain
- Weather extremes and climate change
- ’Web monkeys’ and science presentation
- Dementia — There’s an app for that!
- Give them enough rope . . .
- Why won’t Inland Revenue subsidise my life expenses?
- Human morality is evolving
- So you’re considering switching to eBooks?
- Welcome to the Anthropocene
- Naturalism in science
- ’Lose’ your faith, gain your life?
- What’s in store for eBook readers
- Heartland ignorant of public relations — let alone science
- Belief and morality
- What has science ever done for us?
- April ’12 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
April
- The problem with philosophy
- Puddles and ’fine-tuning’
- Great science talks in Auckland
- Science denial is a diversion from the real problems
- When the ’best explanation’ is the worst explanation
- Toss out the moderator for a better discussion
- Jesus heals — but not cancer!
- Emotional time for Shuttle fans
- Catholic popes victims of sexual abuse!
- Who is committing fraud here?
- Morality and the ’worship’ of reason
- The silliness of a self-proclaimed ’investigative journalist’
- Moral behavior in animals
- Conservatives, liberals and purity
- The trouble with physics?
- Is God incredible — or what?
- Science and the folly of faith
- Quantum politics
- March ’12 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
March
- Another lousy photo of the sun?
- The Sand Creatures
- Reasonable truth?
- A fuzzy photo of the sun
- The ’public square’ myth
- Yes, please try this at home!
- Cascading books
- Beyond Religion
- ’Good faith’ science — and its enemies
- Climate change controversy in context
- Shy climate denier in ’science team’ reveals himself.
- The chickens are hatching
- February ’12 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
February
- The size of things
- Mindboggling
- Flying pigs
- A universe in an eBook (or app)
- Co-opting ’Truth’
- Souvenirs for scientists
- Heartland Insitute gets mail
- Heartland’s climategate — and Mann’s book
- Bioluminescence in space!
- ID research and publications
- Theological mental gymnastics over evolution
- ’What, me worry?’ — distorting climate change data
- Free will — problems of definition
- January ’12 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
January
- The scientific method — what about the philosophical method?
- In the front lines of the ’climate wars’
- Who is funding the climate change denial groups?
- Our fingerprints are all over it!
- The [in]compatibility of science and religion
- Comprehending reality — Should we give up so easily?
- Nothing is something
- Who drives the science/religion conflict?
- Open letter across the barricade
- New book formats
- The argument from authority (or lack thereof)
- December ’11 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
December
-
2011
-
December
- Peter Jackson — Satan’s Little Helper’
- ’Other ways of knowing’ and their result.
- Slaughtering some sacred seasonal cows
- Reacting to a death with respect and hatred
- Sabotaging science
- Christmas present ideas: This Hell would be useful!
- Higgs and homeopathy
- Christmas gift ideas: Aussie wisdom
- Christmas gift ideas: The human mind — a history
- Christmas gift ideas: Evolution of gods, morals and violence
- Christmas gift ideas: Working on Mars
- Christmas gift ideas: One for the kids
- Christmas gift ideas: Why we deny climate change
- Christmas gift ideas: Thinking of our grandchildren
- Christmas gift ideas: How We Know What’s Really True
- Christmas gift ideas: Kids — it’s OK to be different!
- A debunking handbook provides lessons in science communication
- November ’11 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
November
- Finding out about the astronomers who found the universe
- Hypocritical gratitude?
- Climategate 2.0 and ’toecurling’ journalism
- It’s crowded up there
- Moral strawmannery
- Creative science writing
- Royal Society’s science book of year Winton Prize winner.
- Reclaiming ‘intelligent design’
- A lesson in human logic
- Is Keith Ward really that naive about science?
- Fine-tuning fallacies
- Cultural effect of The Big Bang Theory
- Answer simple question — win an iPad
- New Zealand in good company. Pity about the USA
- Rational morality
- October ’11 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
October
- What’s your number?
- Concern over William Lane Craig’s justification of biblical genocide
- Outsourcing moral decisions to justify genocide
- New Zealand happy — some preachers upset!
- The never ending battle
- Having it both ways
- Ranking human conflicts and tyrannies
- Dawkins responds to a stalker — Craig gets his debate
- Avoiding possible catastrophe — even if you are confused
- You CAN be good with God!
- Big money behind local climate change deniers?
- Historians of science sometimes miss the wood for the trees
- Approaching morality scientifically
- Ethicists have problems with ethics!
- The climate change denial machine
- How do you know that?
- How We Know What’s Really True
- Problems with pdf eBooks — metadata issues
- September’11 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
September
- Compulsory payments for advancement of religion — let’s get rid of that.
- Some recent recommended science books
- Art in science
- Evolutionary cooperation
- Where have we been?
- Rings around Uranus
- William Lane Craig’s ’logic’
- Science and the ’supernatural’
- Empathy for colleagues
- Approaching a Middle East peace
- Atheists aren’t shrill — just disgusting?
- What’s this about cosmic rays and global warming?
- Making life from the primordial soup
- Evolution and education — advice for teachers
- That’s what I like to see in a young woman!
- A reminder of reality’s magic
- August ’11 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
August
- Religious theology of secularism
- Martydom of the priveliged
- Another book for the kids
- Secular democracy and its critics
- Hitler objects to atheist charge
- 440 FOI requests in one day! From one person!
- There is something about Wellington
- Some things for the kids
- Congratulations PZ
- The blinkered view of politics?
- I get email
- NZ blog rankings update
- Is Monckton good value?
- The reality of scientific research
- Monckton messes own nest
- July ’11 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
July
- ‪Videos on morality
- Pat Churchland on the science of morality
- Breivik’s terrorism and science
- Terror in Norway
- Atlantis returns home — viewed from ISS
- Background Briefing for Mockton’s NZ visit
- Science has the real debate
- Bias in the history of science
- Seven years of discovery
- Your chance for a free book
- That hacking scandal
- Are scientists hostile to religion?
- Galileo’s modern critics
- Debates in the philosophy of science
- Does science lead to secularism?
- June ’11 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
June
- Personal attacks on climate scientists
- A silver lining to Expelled?
- Historical fiction
- Galileo’s revolutionary contribution
- Science, religion and respect for meaning
- Protecting yourself against bullshit
- Clarifying some myths in the history of science
- Early history of science
- Converting beliefs to ’truths’
- Ideology and violence
- Painless science writing
- Philosophical sausages
- May ’11 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
May
- Waking from a coma!
- American Imams supporting evolutionary science
- A secular bible
- Confronting accomodationism
- Daniel Dennett on conflict between religion and science
- Visible signs of the rapture
- The Magic of Reality for young people
- Don’t drink the punch!
- Working on Mars
- A non-theist feast down under!
- The chances of Royal Weddings arising randomly…
- Designer spin II
- Designer spin
- What’s special about religious ’knowledge?’
- Climate change lectures in Auckland
- April ’11 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
April
- Exposing the pretense of Christian unity
- Is there a role for science in morality?
- Philosophical justifications for morality
- Answering questions on morality
- Problems with philosophers and theologians
- More on the science of morality
- Selling the family silver!
- Craig brings some clarity to morality?
- Foundations of human morality.
- Church rejects power of prayer!
- Limits of logic
- Something to celebrate
- Advocating or explaining secular moral values?
- March ’11 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
March
- What is Life? Another Great Debate
- The Galileo myths
- Beauty, mystery and science
- Christianity gave birth to science — a myth?
- The implausibility of reality
- Is atheism bad for science?
- Myths within a myth
- Thank goodness for eBook Readers
- Theistic science? No such thing
- The ethics of exploitation
- Blogging for New Zealand
- Science Under Attack?
- Acceptance of science — dangerous for some
- Making sense of Ring gate?
- February ’11 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
February
- From ’Grand Design’ to ’On Being’
- A human response to Christchurch quake
- Alan Turing documentary
- Taking the census seriously
- The future of books — and Santa?
- On being philosophical about science
- Political stupidity
- The secular Egyptian protest a good start for a successful revolution
- Shonky climate-change denial ’science’
- Reinterpretation ’research’ on climate change
- A hymn for Darwin Day
- Celebrating Alan Turing’s life and achievements
- The scientific study of religion
- January ’11 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
January
- Converging evidence on climate change
- eBook ’singles’ — and the problems
- Marie Curie Lecture Series — 2011
- Comparing blog visit statistics
- Shoddy reporting on ’god genes’
- The god gene — or is it a meme?
- Certainty is useless — a scientific concept
- The nature of the science-religion conflict?
- ’Other ways of knowing’ — some sense at last
- Culture and the scientific renaissance
- Sharing a chemical moment
- The moon and the ISS
- Secular News Daily — useful source
- New views of eclipses
- Theme Updates for Custom Menus and More
- Overlapping Magisteria?
- Deriving ’ought from is’ scientifically?
- December ’10 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
December
-
2010
-
December
- Challenge for 2011: Want to blog more often?
- Science and morality — a panel discussion
- A physicist comments on science and morality
- A philosopher comments on science and morality
- Telling right from wrong — unreligiously
- Another local climate change denial meme
- Wine and the Watchtower
- Tips for a new year of blogging
- Not Just A Contact Form
- It’s that time of the year
- Holiday Wallpaper from WordPress.com
- A handy app for your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad
- Find the Perfect Theme for Your Blog
- Painted into a corner?
- Real science — warts and all
- WordPress for Windows Phone 7
- WikiLeaks and climategate
- WikiLeaks and climategate
- 2011 — International Year of Chemistry
- New Theme: Toolbox
- Philosophical problems
- Better Tagging with P2
- Aussie wisdom
- The ’You Can’t Trust Science!’ agenda
- NASA and old lace
- November ’10 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
- Make it Snow Around the World
- Cutting off your nose for Christmas?
-
November
- Windows Live Spaces Doubles WordPress.com Signups
- ’Other ways of knowing’ purpose?
- What is the problem?
- A victory for secular ethics
- Discover who likes your posts
- The Hitchens — Dembski debate
- Who is Top Author?
- New Theme: Pilcrow
- The joys of eBook readers — the Sony PRS-650 Touch
- Mobilize Your Blog This Holiday Season
- New Features: Linking, Sorting, Paging
- Secularism is important
- Infinite Theme Styles with Custom CSS
- Dawkins answers questions
- Telling right from wrong?
- Scientism
- Some book ideas
- The ISS — a decade of growth
- Materialism
- October ’10 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
- The human mind — a history
-
October
- Check out those climate change claims on the internet
- Waking up to morality
- Four signs of a stroke
- Can the ’supernatural’ be of any use?
- Are ebooks taking off?
- Some pesky delusions
- Why we deny climate change
- Attitudes will change. Life will get better
- Your computer is the enemy!
- Scientific misconduct and skepticgate
- Breaking away — an interesting case study
- Sam Harris on The Daily Show
- Chauvinistic ethics?
- Move over — old fellow!
- Hawking’s grand design — lessons for apologists?
- Arrested moral development.
- September ’10 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
September
- Treating statistics sensibly
- Not about Einstein
- Check out your ancestors
- Trust the experts — if they say what we want
- A scientific consensus on human morality
- Human Evolution and the Organ of Mind
- Mind change — a moral choice?
- Mind change — a moral choice?
- Putting the IPCC in its place?
- Mapping modern science
- An unnecessary being?
- What is matter? What is materialism?
- New science blogs in New Zealand
- The Grand Design — neither God nor 42
- Earth and Moon from Mercury
- The Challenge of the Human Brain
- August ’10 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
- Fallout from Hauser affair spreads
-
August
- A lesson for NZ critics of climate science?
- Nicholas Stern to present Robb Lectures
- The myth of the noble scientist
- The heart of PZ Myers
- After NIWA, God?
- Marc Hauser replies — acknowledges mistakes
- Hauser misconduct investigation — Full text of Dean’s statement
- Fallacy of Fine Tuning
- A desperate plea to be noticed?
- A stormy future?
- A sympathetic take on Marc Hauser and the ’scientific misconduct’ issue
- A paper by Marc Hauser retracted — Harvard Magazine
- Climate change is complex
- A nice little tool for printing blog posts
- ’God of the surprises’
- Recognising good science bloggers and Big Blog Theory winners
- It’s politics, not science
- July ’10 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
July
- Suzan does a mini- Monckton
- Evolution of gods, morals and violence
- Is and ought
- The new science of morality
- Science, faith and limits of knowledge
- Liability of scientific denialism to political conservativism
- Evolution and the Holocaust
- Life on the building site
- Support John Abraham against Monckton’s bullying
- Ways of not knowing
- The changing face of science communication
- A regular climate science podcast
- Climategate — Journalist withdraws and apologises
- Making room for faith in science?
- Getting straight on marriage
- ’Climategate’ smears found false — Mann cleared
- June ’10 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
June
- Ridiculing ridiculous science commentary
- Truth getting it’s boots on!
- A question of expertise and credibility
- Climate scientist’s’ register?
- Kids — it’s OK to be different!
- Twinning with Venus
- Avoiding grown-up discussion
- A competition for Aussie science blogs
- Apologies would be nice
- Alarmist con
- Historic shuttle launch photos
- Pseudoscience and anti-science nonsense
- Science on New Zealand TV
- Hot science blogs
- May ’10 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
- Journalists create world’s first artificial news story!
- Don’t trust Monckton!
-
May
- This is scary!
- Theological intrusions into science
- God, stop ‘playing science’
- Why Don’t We Go To Church?
- Sneaky scientists
- The heart of opposition to climate science
- Last chance — almost!
- What’s that about global cooling?
- Are you threatened by clarity?
- Supporting good science communication
- We don’t know!
- Monckton and Shimkus get silly together
- The Dawkins Delusions
- Climate change and the integrity of science
- Natural selection or domestication?
- April ‘10 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
April
- Thinking of our grandchildren
- Science, values and ethics
- Climate scientist sues newspaper for false reporting
- Climategate, Lord Monckton and Monty Python
- Climate change deniers wallets threatened
- Climategate summed up
- Superstition — inevitable?
- Libel Reform campaign continues
- RIP Antony Flew
- Officially a fake scandal from science perspective
- Dangerous science denial
- Arresting comedy
- A more transparent approach
- Orbital debris, the ISS, moon and sun
- A space nerd’s Easter
- Getting to the truth — gradually
- March ‘10 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
-
March
- Climate scientist Phil Jones exonerated
- The origins of science?
- The rickety bandwagon of climate change denial
- Are religious scientists worried about their brethren?
- The climate change denial industry
- Can science answer moral questions?
- Periodic Table of of science blogs
- Creationism, climate change and scientific denialism
- Open Letter from U.S. Scientists on the IPCC
- Are science and religion compatible?
- Swiftboating science
- Chris Mooney interviews Michael Mann on ’climategate’
- Science bloggers talk teaching
- Great photo of the Solar Corona
- Clear science communication
- Institute of Physics in hot seat
- Climate science for you and me
- February ‘10 — NZ blogs sitemeter ranking
- Richard Dawkins — wrong again!
- Freedom of information and responsibility
-
February
- This game looks familiar
- Anti-science lies being exposed — slowly
- Deniers distort Phil Jones
- Faith schools
- New Zealand has bigots too
- Belief and social identity
- Etiquette for the office global warming denier
- NZ blogs sitemeter ranking — February ‘10
- Climate change confusion — a conspiracy of sorts
- WARNING! People might find us out!
- Vandalizing bookstores and censoring Books!
- One for the kids
- Get your climate change science on the run
- Can science solve all problems?
- Spinning exoneration of Dr. Michael Mann Into ’Whitewash’
- Self-exposure — a journalist out of depth
- A photographer’s dream
- Get in line — who is the odd one out?
- I want one of these!
- The ISSS used for teaching
-
January
- Overdosing on water
- Ideological infections
- Car pool, string theory and human genetic history
- CO2 emissions, birth & death rates by country, simulated real-time
- I thought the award for mistakes was mine!
- Atheists provoke a reaction
- Climate change deniers’ tawdry manipulation of ’hockey sticks’
- Journeys to the Ice — New SciBlogsNZ blogger
- Martin Luther King’s dream
- NZ blogs sitemeter ranking — January ‘10
- Monckton requires religious certification for scientists?
- No gods required
- No gods required
- Secular charity
- Secular charity
- Lynch mob mentality
- ’Blithering idiocy’
- Understanding the ’multiverse’
- A good climate change book
- Beware the retired scientist?
- Philosophers aren’t so bad!
- NZ blog ranking — RSS subscriptions 2009
- The dogma of paradigm shifts
- Overcoming dogmatism in science
- The ’supernatural’ and dogmatism in science
-
December
-
2009
-
December
- Scientific method and the ’supernatural’
- Belief, knowledge and science
- The Unconsidered Life
- ’A plot to rule the world’
- George Monbiot on ClimateGate & the climate denial industry
- Testimony of non-believers
- Becoming an atheist
- The global warming debate summarised
- Justifying child abuse
- Sack all those scientists? yeah, right!
- NZ Atheist Bus Campaign reaches fund raising target in under a week
- NZ blogs sitemeter ranking — December ‘09
- Bus adverts and the 2011 NZ census
- Are they sceptics or deniers?
- New Zealand’s denier-gate
- Environmental movement needs pragmatism
- The global warming conspiracy?
- New Zealand’s climate change deniers’ distortions exposed.
- Remove support for child abuse
- Deniers in denial over climate information
- Richard Dawkins in Auckland — update
- Being good — no gods required
- Peer review — an emotional roller coaster
-
November
- Climate change deniers live in glass buildings
- Richard Dawkins in Auckland next March
- ’Climategate’ — the smoking gun?
- Appropriate thanks
- Awesome pictures from the Enceladus flyby
- Those ’climategate’ emails
- An Introduction to Evolution
- NZ blogs sitemeter ranking — November ‘09
- Galileo and Hollywood
- Distorting Darwin
- The rules of science
- Twittering in space
- Morality — from the heavens or nature?
- This Hell would be useful!
- Einstein on Galileo’s contribution
- Why Evolution Is True
- Richard Dawkins in Wellington next March
- The clash of science and politics
- RIP — Theo van Gogh
- Promoting confusion
-
October
- Judging the internet — and books
- A Universe From Nothing
- Defending science and reason
- NZ blogs sitemeter ranking — October ‘09
- The Galileo Lectures
- Lamenting loss of funerals
- Empathy’s origins
- Galileo, Darwin and the new enlightenment
- New bird designed!
- BCA libels Simon Singh?
- A victory for Simon Singh
- The Earth and Moon — from Mars
- Why We Are Atheists
- Books in prisons
- It’s all in the brain
- Battle of the bus ads
- Godless cosmology
- Stars, earth and water
-
September
- Humanity’s most important image
- NZ’s largest science blog network goes live
- Sustainability and ethics
- NZ blogs sitemeter ranking — September ‘09
- The naked emperor
- From the keyboards of scientists…
- Depressed? Anxious? Aren’t we all?
- Saving the planet with condoms
- Get in the sack!
- Theistic evolution?
- Charles Darwin — Art & science
- Metaphysically speaking
- Look out!
- Evolution of human morality
- Science communication in New Zealand
- ’We’re sorry: you deserved so much better’
- New Hubble images
- Surly theism
- Chemistry for kids
- The philosophy wars
- Bright future for books
-
December
-
2013
-
Blogroll
