Tagged: Tim Minchin

Tim Minchin – The Good Book (unofficial) - Infectious Thoughts

Siouxsie Wiles • Jan 26, 2015 •

• Animation,
• Egor Zhgun,
• religion,
• The Good Book,
• Tim Minchin

If you’ve not yeen seen this yet, it’s marvelous! … Read More

Down-under Christmas - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Dec 25, 2014 •

• Australia,
• Christmas,
• Christmas down-under,
• New Zealand,
• Tim Minchin,
• Uncategorized

It’s that time of the year again. Tim Minchin describes the joys of Christmas down under. Read More

Tim Minchin explains ENCODE - misc.ience

Aimee Whitcroft • Sep 13, 2012 •

• ENCODE,
• genetics,
• Nature,
• regulation,
• Tim Minchin,
• Uncategorized

Well, here’s a fun little treat for your 10:30 teatime today. Anybody following the science news in the last week or two will have heard of the ENCODE results. Basically, we’re just taken a big step towards understanding the complexity of the human genome, and how it all works.  Which is good for a bunch [...] … Read More

Slaughtering some sacred seasonal cows - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Dec 26, 2011 •

• humour,
• ITV,
• Jesus,
• Jewish,
• Jonathan Ross,
• Jonathan Ross Show,
• Peter Fincham,
• religion,
• Sciblogs,
• Television,
• Tim Minchin,
• Woody Allen

It’s about time for a bit of seasonal humour. And who better than Tim Minchin, who staunchly defends science and reason, to administer it. Here is a video which ITV cut from the Jonathan Ross show – apparently by direct … Continue reading → … Read More

A lesson in human logic - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Nov 15, 2011 •

• critical thinking,
• human logic,
• Logic,
• Mr Whippy,
• philosophy,
• Sciblogs,
• Tim Minchin,
• YouTube

As taught by Tim Minchin. I hasten to add that there is no intention to offend Mr Whippy. tim minchin on human logic – YouTube. Thanks to Massimo Pigliucci … Read More

Approaching a Middle East peace - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Sep 14, 2011 •

• Activism and Peace Work,
• Bible,
• faith,
• humour,
• interfaith,
• Islam,
• Jewish,
• Middle East,
• peace,
• religion,
• Rock and roll,
• Sciblogs,
• supernatural,
• superstition,
• Tim Minchin

Came across this song of Tim Minchen’s Peace Anthem For Palestine. Actually think he might be on to something … Read More

“Just So Science” – The Science that Inspires - Just So Science

Elf Eldridge • May 26, 2011 •

• fractals,
• graduation,
• paul callaghan,
• self similarity,
• Tim Minchin

Thought i’d take a break from the beautiful universe for a brief moment just to point out a couple of awesome sciency ‘things’ that i’ve found around recently! First off is an excerpt from Paul Callaghan’s speech from graduation this year as published in ‘Victorious’. Here: paulcallaghangraduationspeech2011 A credit to Paul, reading this is the first thing that has … Read More

"Knowledge is merely opinion." Storm – in cartoon and words - Code for life

Grant Jacobs • Apr 09, 2011 •

• medicine,
• natural health remedies,
• poem,
• Tim Minchin,
• video

Tim Minchin’s 9-minute beat poem Storm that takes on medical ‘woo’ in an expatriate London dinner-party setting is well-known to many already, but this new cartoon presentation of it, released a few days ago, makes for good weekend viewing. (Credits: Poem written and performed by Tim Minchin. Directed and animated by DC Turner. Produced by Tracy King. Read More

Cutting off your nose for Christmas? - Open Parachute

Ken Perrott • Dec 01, 2010 •

• agnostic,
• agnosticism,
• atheism,
• Australia,
• belief,
• Christian,
• Christmas,
• religion,
• Salvation Army,
• Sciblogs,
• supernatural,
• superstition,
• Tim Minchin,
• tradition,
• White Wine in the Sun

I think Tim Minchin‘s Song “White Wine in the Sun“ really captures the spirit of Christmas down under. I heard it last year (see No gods required) and notice it is being promoted again this year with all proceeds going … Continue reading → … Read More