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Sense about Science

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 Posted in General, General Science, Health, Internet, Politics | No Comments »

Hi all, Okay, so I haven't written for two months. Apologies for that. I'm afraid other things have been hihger priority recently. However, I'm just writing a brief note to urge everyone to sign up on the Sense About Science petition There's ...

Texas Narrowly Upholds Reason

Friday, March 27th, 2009 Posted in Creationism, Education, Politics | No Comments »

I suppose I should be happy that the Texas lawmakers have upheld the bill which removed a loophole through which creationists slipped their nonsense into textbooks across the state.  The new wording is that students should be  taught to "analyze and evaluate ...

So happy…

Monday, January 26th, 2009 Posted in General Science, Politics | No Comments »

"My administration will not deny facts. We will be guided by them." Barack Obama, today, speaking about the American nation's response to the energy needs of teh 21st century. I'm so happy. Which is weird because he's just saying what any rational ...

Obama’s first few days

Sunday, January 25th, 2009 Posted in Creationism, Politics | No Comments »

I'm really beginning to think that we might well see the beginning of the end of the fanatical religious right in America within the Obama presidency. The indications are good so far. He's shutting down Guantanamo Bay, withdrawing troops from ...

Obama breaks mould, selects intelligent cabinet

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Posted in Climate Change, Politics | No Comments »

Obama has named Steven Chu as his new energy secretary. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7784802.stm Chu, a Nobel Prize winner for his work on lasers in particle physics, is an expert on energy research. His appointment really highlights the difference between the 8 years of glorified ignorance of ...

Questioning science

Monday, December 8th, 2008 Posted in Creationism, Education, Politics | No Comments »

I think I finally understand one of the major objections that Creationists without scientific training (if that's not a tautology) put forward when arguing against Evolution and other associated theories. I realised something today when I was listening to the ...

Get a sense of humour

Saturday, November 8th, 2008 Posted in Bad media, Politics | No Comments »

With apologies to Bill Maher: New Rule: People with no sense of humour should stop complaining about things said by comedians. Seriously people, if you don't like comedy, then don't watch it. But don't stop the rest of us from enjoying it ...

Woo! Happy days!

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

Awww America, we love you. I'm so happy this morning to wake up to the best news imaginable. Congratulations to President-elect Obama. I know you can make a really positive change in your country and we in Europe are all looking ...

Also, just for the Californians…

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

Make sure that, on your way to vote for Obama/Biden, you also go out and vote a big fat 'no' on Proposition 8. For those of you not in California, Prop. 8 is a crazy bit of homophobia that has ...

A Message to all Americans

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008 Posted in Politics | No Comments »

Please, if you have any love whatsoever for the future of science and reason, go out tomorrow and vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden. If you do not then there is a very real chance that John McCain and ...