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September 15, 2020

“It’ll Start Getting Cooler… I Don’t Think Science Knows, Actually”

I'm afraid these comments are absolutely fundamental to understanding the Trump administration's approach to…everything. I...

February 2020

February 17, 2020

Dems vs GOP: Voter Confidence in Scientific Method

Pew Research Center recently carried out some research with regard to science and voter preference....

January 2020

January 22, 2020

Some Questions to Dr J Berger

As some of you will know, I recently edited a book by Joseph J Berger...

April 2019

April 18, 2019

Science and Medicine: Not Seeing God in Your Prayers, Thank You Very Much

Here is an excerpt from a chapter in my recent-ish anthology of chapters from writers...

February 2019

February 25, 2019

How Any Behavioural Research Findings Negate Free Will

This is something that I've said many times in many places but I have never...

February 04, 2019

Theology and Black Cats

“Philosophy is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat. Metaphysics...

October 2018

October 26, 2018

Weaponizing Statistical Platitudes On Jack-O-Lanterns

It's Halloween, and this image is being shared around again: I think the jack-O'-lantern is...

August 2018

August 23, 2018

How Australian biology students’ views on evolution have changed over time

In the context of recently talking about creationism and evolution, I thought this would be of...

June 2018

June 20, 2018

Fraudulent Psychology? Stanford Prison Experiment and Others…

Experimental psychology has come in for a rough time in the last few years. Initially,...

May 2018

May 03, 2018

Is Falsification An Essential Part of Science?

I was inspired by a recent video by Sixty Symbols, a physics YouTube channel ran...

April 2018

April 30, 2018

Prosociality, Happiness, and Socially Desirable Responding

I just wanted to pick up on something that Johno mentioned in his piece, Christians,...

April 14, 2018

Addendum – Contextualizing Science

I appreciated much of the feedback from my last post on contextualizing science, particularly the one...

April 12, 2018

Can Scientific Data Be Divorced From Broader Cultural Context?

This week’s episode of Sam Harris’ Waking Up Podcast featured a fairly contentious conversation with...

March 2018

March 17, 2018

Science Finalists and Immigration

I thought, in the context of some of the commenters here at ATP, I would post...

March 09, 2018

Yes! Science and Reason-Based Politics!

Bloody good luck to this chap! [facebook video below - warning for those who filter...

January 2018

January 12, 2018

QI: British Comedy Panel Show Takes on the Nativity… and Scientific Comedy!

I'm not particularly nationalistic, but there are certain things that I rate about Britain, and...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Spooky Punkins and Statistical Correlation

Happy Halloween, folks! As a graduate student, I am contractually required to enjoy nerdy humor,...

October 21, 2017

Rand Paul Introduces Senate Bill To Allow Non-Experts Vet What Science Is Worth Funding

This week, Rand Paul introduced a bill (S.1793 - to be cited as the BASIC...

October 06, 2017

GMO Crops A Priority For The Laborers And The Poor In Uganda

Most of the readers of this blog are likely evidence-based thinkers and are supportive of...

September 2017

September 22, 2017

The Validity of Expert Authority

Some of you might see this as concerning a horse that has bolted after being...

September 15, 2017

Consensus Especially Matters If You Aren’t Doing Science Yourself

I know that we've discussed this topic a lot this week, but I had some...

September 14, 2017

Scientific Consensus and Probability

A recent thread erupted into a debate about the value of scientific consensus. Here are...

September 13, 2017

Yes, Scientific Consensus Really Does Matter

In the comments of my last contribution, most of the discussion was about the consensus...

September 08, 2017

Studies That Say Global Warming Doesn’t Exist Shown to Have Many Flaws

One of the oft-cited claims about anthropogenic global warming (AGW) is that ~97% of climate...

July 2017

July 17, 2017

Women and People Of Color Still Face Elevated Harassment In Science

A study in Journal of Geophysical Sciences was just published last week that illustrated that...

July 10, 2017

I Joined Flat Earth Groups So You Don’t Have To

Why do people latch on to completely nonsensical beliefs? What causes someone to look in...

May 2017

May 17, 2017

Climate Change Activists Are Not Hypocrites If They Benefit From Fossil Fuels

In the debate over climate change (which is not happening among climate scientists), an increasingly...

March 2017

March 31, 2017

Entropy and Lipids (Supplemental Information On Free Energy)

My last post was intended to be a easily-comprehensible blog post on entropy and evolution,...

March 24, 2017

Countries with a Strong Religious Culture Are Worse at Maths and Science

This comes from the Daily Mail, of all places. Oh, the cognitive dissonance that must...

March 07, 2017

US Democracy under Attack from the “uninhibited use of lies, false statements and bad science”

There is a fascinating article (drawing from another in Wired) in the Independent concerning the...

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