There’s a lot of stupid research around (and I use the word “stupid” advisedly). There’s so much of it, that I think to the “tech boom” and the “housing boom” we could add the “academic study boom”. And like the other two it appears to be the result of [...] Continue Reading…
May 15, 2012 | Graham
More drunks vote left-wing and believe in global warming
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May 13, 2012 | Ronda Jambe
Quadruple bottom line but only three D printing
Did you also drop your jaw, stunned, when you first heard about 3D printing?
How can that be? Surely this is something way down the track…
But having seen how sci fi influenced real science on the show Prophets of Science Fiction, I understand these things are often closer than we [...] Continue Reading…
Posted by Ronda Jambe at 9:55 am |
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May 03, 2012 | Ronda Jambe
I can’t change your mind about climate
Because we will never get to evidence-based policy if we can’t agree on evidence-based science.
Last week’s program on the ABC, ‘I can change your mind about climate’ was a brave but flawed attempt to get to consensus. Young Anna Rose was marvelous, polite, restrained, and charming. Old Nick Minchin [...] Continue Reading…
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April 30, 2012 | Nick
A change is gonna come
On the weekend, Graham Quirk led the LNP team to a massive victory in the Brisbane City Council with a significant swing to the LNP. At the same time, Jackie Trad came very close to losing the South Brisbane by-election with a further swing to the LNP on top [...] Continue Reading…
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April 26, 2012 | Graham
Qanda’s junk science survey
Qanda’s special on climate change – I can change your mind – deployed some junk science of its own.
I completed the survey and was told my position was “Dismissive”. That might be correct, but the “profile” of my position at the end of the survey indicates that at the [...] Continue Reading…
Posted by Graham at 10:36 pm |
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April 24, 2012 | Graham
A natural experiment, or catastrophe for the World?
If the French elect Francois Hollande the world may get a neat natural experiment where we can compare high Keynesianism to the Washington model using the comparative economic performances of France and Greece.
Or it may be that with one of the two strong men of Europe defecting to the [...] Continue Reading…
Posted by Graham at 6:07 am |
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April 12, 2012 | Graham
Q&A’s Neanderthal dilemma
Greg Sheridan thinks that George Pell won Monday night’s debate about religion and atheism. I disagree. A man in Pell’s position ought to know much more about fundamental issues than Pell seemed to.
That doesn’t mean that I think Dawkins won. His performance too was second rate, justifying in this [...] Continue Reading…
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March 29, 2012 | Graham
Sport and immortality
The Greeks and Romans envisaged most of their gods as young fit athletes. Even Apollo, the god of the arts, had a six-pack to die for, as well as a lyre and bow and arrows.
We don’t imagine our gods as physical beings anymore, if we imagine there are any [...] Continue Reading…
Posted by Graham at 9:10 am |
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March 25, 2012 | Graham
Newman’s feat not so unique
There is precedent for Campbell Newman contesting a seat he as a potential premier when he is not a sitting memebr according to historian, and former Queensland Attorney-General, Denver Beanland.
Campbell Newman standing for Premier of Queensland as Leader of the Parliamentary Liberal National Party outside of parliament is not [...] Continue Reading…
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March 25, 2012 | Graham
Could the LNP win South Brisbane on a rematch?
Anna Bligh has announced that she is resigning from Parliament, effective March 30. That means that after running a campaign where she assured us all that she was in it for the long haul, she gives her electorate less than one week’s notice when she loses.
My bet is that [...] Continue Reading…
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