richarddawkins.net appears to be US focussed. The mission of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science is to support scientific education, critical thinking and evidence-based understanding of the natural world in the quest to overcome religious fundamentalism, superstition, intolerance and suffering. That mission is encouraging for two reasons, despite the focus on critical-thinking and [...]
Entries from September 2012
Dawkins Net
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September 27, 2012 at 9:52am
by Psybertron
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Beer – a Temporary Solution
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September 21, 2012 at 10:02am
by Psybertron
From BlueGiantBeer – The Diary of a Beer Tourist One thing I have learnt about writing a blog over the past couple of months is that less is more. I have therefore dispensed with the reams of nonsense of the previous “About” section. It was written with the best of intentions but embodied the over [...]
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Well Said
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September 19, 2012 at 11:57am
by Psybertron
Hat tip to David Gurteen for the link. Been thinking about people like Ricky Gervais and Frankie Boyle, and “rights” concerning insult and offence generally. If you are the court jester and your audience recognizes you as such, then being offensive is not just your right, but your duty – it’s in the job description [...]
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The Tower of Basel
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September 14, 2012 at 8:57am
by Psybertron
Another hat tip to David Morey; we have a dialogue going between emails, Facebook and the blogs, and David keeps picking up excellent source references. Here the latest example: A conference speech from the Bank of England analysing the banking crisis. The Tower of Basel metaphor is about less is more – a few simple [...]
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The Root of the Problem
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September 14, 2012 at 8:02am
by Psybertron
I often feel people misunderstand when I don’t join the mob campaigns … demanding prosecute the bankers, prosecute the police, prosecute the politicians, ban faith schools, ban the lords, etc … It’s not that I don’t see the wrongs, or I’m too lazy to engage my one voice with the larger mob, it’s because I [...]
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Best Kept Secret
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September 13, 2012 at 12:42pm
by Psybertron
Interesting to look at the sociology of friends & followers linking via Facebook and Twitter. Some people set great store by their numbers (millions) of likes, friends and followers. Certain public politicians and entertainers in particular. The mighty Muse have a free charity gig at the Camden Roundhouse on 30th Sept, just a couple of weeks away. [...]
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Matt vs Johnny
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September 13, 2012 at 12:10pm
by Psybertron
Amazing that both Muse (Matt Bellamy and co) and PiL (John Lydon and co) are in the TV studio together for the first show of the new Jools series Later on BBC2. Muse the musically-and-entertainment-wise excellent-but-probably-past-their-best OTT stadium prog rockers, and PiL the original post-punk new-wave been-to-hell-and-back riding the crest of their third (and currently [...]
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Christ vs God
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September 13, 2012 at 10:49am
by Psybertron
Eric Pickles writing in the Telegraph today. When in office, New Labour’s spin doctor, Alastair Campbell, declared: “We don’t do God.” By contrast, I think this Government does. We are committed to the right of Christians and people of other beliefs … Non-sequitor. Being Christian and believing in God are entirely different. Jesus is a [...]
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One of the Best
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September 13, 2012 at 8:41am
by Psybertron
First in the new series of In Our Time, on The Cell. Steve Jones as one of the panel of three enthusiasts talking about what they know best. Origins of life, via Schroedinger to RNA, DNA, membranes, mitochondria and chloroplasts and so forth on what cells are, how they came to be and how they [...]
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Farming with Dynamite
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September 11, 2012 at 10:27am
by Psybertron
Take a hint from Du Pont. (From Futility Closet with hat tip to BifRiv)
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Educational Food
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September 11, 2012 at 9:33am
by Psybertron
Interesting that the customer service contacts of these food companies all seem to use Google and Wikipedia to answer customer questions about sources and processes of their products. Not sure we ever got to the “bottom” (beyond speculation in the broadcast material) of how the LGG Probiotic bacteria really are originally sourced, but no surprise [...]
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Green Sense
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September 7, 2012 at 11:31am
by Psybertron
Interesting to hear new Green Party leader Natalie Bennett responding do the standard scientistic questions from the Pod Mob. Knows the issues and handled them pretty well for the quick fire Q&A format – certainly didn’t dodge any. Sarah Palin with brains (and an Oz accent?) maybe. The rest of the Pod is indeed deluded.
