New Anthropocene
Religion
Dead-Head Denialism: Challenging “Sceptics” of Climate Change to Fluoridation is Zombie Warfare
It has been a while since I’ve commented on much in the way of climate science and the denial movement. Although aware of the recent noise regarding the supposed “proof” of the unfounded “scare” regarding anthropogenic climate change, citing Otto et al (2013) or foaming bile in reply to the Cook et al (2013) study illustrating … Continue reading
Being Wrong: How we deal with it makes all the difference.
I’ve talked a lot about similarities between the so-called “climate sceptics”, anti-vaccination activists and creationists in the past, and much of those similarities could also be shared with the anti-fluoridation camp as well, but there is one aspect of similarity between each of these four groups that I have yet to discuss. From my experience, … Continue reading
How the Enlightenment Has, So Far, Let Us Down
As a child, learning of the Enlightenment, I came to think of it as a revolution. To me, I saw it as a point where our species finally developed a critical tool kit, leading us to empirical evidence and thus a solid basis for understanding. I saw it as a turning point from ancient unfounded … Continue reading
Misleading: Is Merilyn Haines the Innocent Casting Stones?
Once again, I’ve noticed a spike in the traffic to NewAnthro due to searches on Merilyn Haines and fluoridation. A quick search shows that the anti-fluoride crusaders are blowing their own trumpet over their successes so far this year in denying children additional protection to give their teeth the best chance of surviving a life … Continue reading
Bernard Gaynor on Bernard Gaynor’s Feelings Towards Gay Rights
I’ve had brought to my attention the most amazingly stupid article [Thanks you, Simon]. On Bernard Gaynor’s blog, Bernard Gaynor talks about Bernard Gaynor’s comments regarding homosexuality and Bernard Gaynor’s opinion on what the PM and opposition leader’s feelings are towards homosexuality are and what they both would think regarding a teacher’s attitude towards homosexuality … Continue reading
The God Behind Hurricane Sandy
I’m continually staggered how unflinchingly ignorant some people can be in the face of compelling scientific evidence that human activity can impact on the natural world. The basic physical science behind greenhouse gas absorption has long be established, is fairly easy to understand and leads an erringly to a single conclusion; more greenhouse gas, more … Continue reading
Pitfalls of Delusion: Thanks Indiana Jones for the Metaphor!
Sorry – I am still away on a field trip. With any luck, I will return this evening and have more detailed posts for next week… Another thought that was been bubbling away within me relates to the paranoid delusions of people like Jo Nova, her husband, David Evans, the Galileo movement and the long … Continue reading
What a Difference Time can Make
The following image is doing the rounds at the moment and I hope it’s true (admittedly, I haven’t looked into it).. If true, it just goes to show what corrosive, invasive memes can do if properly fertilized (not the general religion but the more orthodox, radical versions of a religion)… With the above in mind, … Continue reading
The Story Teller in an Age of Mathematics
How one reacts to different issues of environmental governance depends on a wide range of factors from the external, clan-based ideologies to the internal intuitive functioning of the mind. Reviewing the wide range of available literature on the matter demonstrates that one may be prone to find absolutes in what is clearly a diverse and … Continue reading
