Tag Archives: carl sagan

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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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

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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

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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

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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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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

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