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Reading In the Starlight
These are strange and encouraging days when cosmology can be an arena event. You can’t sell out as many dates as Mrs Brown’s Boys, but it’s not a bad start to see 7000 people a night being wowed by explanations … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Cox, brian cox tour, brian greene, carl sagan, janna levin, Richard Feynman
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Grinding My Teeth to the Gums – I Wanted to Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, but I was too Worried It Wasn’t Fair Trade
This post started off with a different agenda, but about halfway through, you’ll see my id appear as the election results came in. To hell with the punctuation, grammar and spelling…my mind is reeling, my gut is aching, my throat … Continue reading
Am I a sceptic or a cynic – perhaps Deepak knows on a quantum level.
This has been written in a bit of a blur, so apologies if it seems blurry at times or all the time. Sometimes I wonder if I really am a sceptic or maybe just a cynic? This winter, I am going … Continue reading
Can Science be a List Show…no, I imagine
I was asked to write a piece for the Times to promote the Cheltenham Science Festival. It was a simple task, just pick the top six innovations in science. Easy huh? They have previously done top 6 nudes in art … Continue reading
A Ghastly Secularist Writes Some Awful Words About the Oppression of Equality
another overly lengthy blog post that is me reflecting on a few things inspired by the fear of having to make a speech at a pro-secularism march This weekend I had to make a speech at the Secular Europe march. I worry … Continue reading
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Tagged Atheism, carl sagan, secular europe, secularism, stanley milgram
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Computer leads to Humans failing Turing Test
this has been written very quickly in the last hour as a reaction to something, I will probably rewrite it or at least read through it and republish later, but you can proof read and enjoy all my errors if … Continue reading