Category: science

Mr Deity Jan 2007

Hugo Sharp posted a link to this in the comments but I thought it deserved to be up here. Very clever stuff. Great performances. Am I the only…

G’DAY WORLD 188 – On Freedom Of Speech, LBJ killed JFK?, and Fidel Castro’s last breaths Jan 2007

On the show tonight…. The word for the day is “blogorrhea“. To write a blog entry just for the sake of posting an entry, not because you have…

G’DAY WORLD 186 – Nicaragua vs USA, Libet’s Free Will experiment, and Charles Darwin’s birthday Jan 2007

The word of the day is “epiphenomenalism”. Benjamin Libet did an experiment which suggests that thoughts happen inside our brains BEFORE we are even aware of them: Wikipedia…

G’DAY WORLD 185 – Church and State, Apple’s Double Standards, and Why Faith Is Inferior to Reason Jan 2007

A little early with the show today. Here’s what I rant about: Apple has double standards when it comes to copyrights The Separation of Church And State Sargon…

nothing but sophisticated meat machines Jan 2007

Mark Hallett, a researcher with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, said, “Free will does exist, but it’s a perception, not a power or a driving…

Science vs Religion battle warming up Dec 2006

I’m listening to the New Scientist Magazine’s podcast interview with Richard Dawkins. It’s really interesting stuff and it looks like a bunch of secular scientists from around the…

Good On Ya Australia – Stem Cells Are Go Dec 2006

The decision by Australian Parliament yesterday to overturn the ban on human cloning is a major milestone for Australia. The majority of Parliament voted for SCIENCE and against…

The CSIRO Wants To Kill Your Wifi Nov 2006

From David Berlind over on ZDNET: Judge Leonard Davis ruled that a patent granted in 1996 to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science…

Exxon funds “misleading” climate change lobby groups Sep 2006

Feeling confused about whether or not climate change is really a threat? Good. That’s exactly what they want you to feel. Confused. I was having a conversation about…

What is Energy? Sep 2006

Okay – this is really bothering me. You’re all a lot smarter than I, so of course I turn to you first (well… second, after Wikipedia) for answers.…