‘Associate with HLS and we will ruin your life.’… Read the rest
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Melanie Phillips Misunderstands Epidemiology 
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Science is all about the error bar, a graphic representation of the uncertainties in the data.… Read the rest
Letters to Guardian on Chomsky Interview
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
From Chomsky, and Kemal Pervanic, who survived the Omarska concentration camp.… Read the rest
The Electromagnetic Chaos Eliminator
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Also magnetic toe rings, crocodile protein peptide, balancing vibration.… Read the rest
Scott McLemee on the Lisbon Eearthquake
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Voltaire was sarcastic, Rousseau was unabomberish, Kant pondered gas pockets.… Read the rest
Paul Gross on Science Standards [pdf]
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Draft Science Framework for the
2009 NAEP gets a C – it needs work.… Read the rest
House Republicans Work to Cut Food Stamps
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Must pay for upper bracket tax cuts somehow.… Read the rest
Cardinal Says ‘Faithful’ Should Listen to Science
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
But then demands that science listen to religion as ‘an expert voice’. Expert in what?… Read the rest
Guy Takes 15 Years to Start Questioning Moonism
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Still, better late than never.… Read the rest
Quantum Mechanics Must be Wrong
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Or maybe Mills got his math wrong, or maybe his critics did, or maybe not.… Read the rest
We Live in 2005, not 905
Nov 4th, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Danish cartoonists dare to tease the prophet. Marches ensue. … Read the rest
Cass Sunstein Takes a Look at Alito’s Dissents
Nov 4th, 2005 |
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He is often more conservative than his colleagues.… Read the rest
Anomalies
Nov 3rd, 2005 7:20 pm | By Ophelia BensonCatherine Bennett is amusing.
It is strange, isn’t it, to think that this fine-looking couple, recently seen experiencing spiritual ecstasy in East Grinstead, presumably believe in Scientologist founder Ron L Hubbard’s story of Xenu, the galactic tyrant who froze his victims and stored them in the Earth’s volcanos?
Yeah? I didn’t know that. I don’t keep up with Scientology (too busy keeping up with Feng shui, I guess), and I didn’t know that. The galactic tyrant! Froze his victims! Stored them in earth’s volcanoes. Very cool. Almost as cool as playing football in pyjamas with no goal and no crossbar and no hugging.
… Read the restIf, as Madonna says, she has been ridiculed for professing her beliefs, her best expedient would
Jon Pike Reviews Ted Honderich
Nov 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
‘book ought to have done very serious damage to his reputation as one of Britain’s leading philosophers.’… Read the rest
Eve Garrard Reviews Michael Ignatieff
Nov 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rights are far more ethically significant than a useful device to ensure that executive power is not abused.… Read the rest
French Hijab Ban Widely Accepted
Nov 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Bizarre headline bears no relation to article.… Read the rest
Turtles? Red Bracelets? Xenu? Holy Water?
Nov 3rd, 2005 |
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Lionel Blue maundering on Thought for the Day looks like golden age of secularism.… Read the rest
E O Wilson: Can Biology Do Better Than ‘Faith’?
Nov 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
Rapprochement between science and religion may be neither possible nor desirable.… Read the rest
McMartin Preschool Case: ‘I Lied”
Nov 3rd, 2005 |
Filed by Ophelia Benson
If he gave an answer they didn’t like, they asked again until he gave the right one.… Read the rest
Well Why Bother Then?
Nov 3rd, 2005 |
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Bush is widely expected to pardon Libby if he is convicted.… Read the rest
