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NO BRAINER: HOW APHANTASIA IS LIKE ATHEISM
Maybe twenty years ago I was writing about the strangeness of finding myself labelled an ‘atheist’. To begin with, I was argued that...
Nov 6, 20249 min read
SO WHAT IS THIS ABOUT, EXACTLY?
So what is this fluoride panic about? It’s certainly not about the existing evidence.
Sep 1, 20245 min read
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
This is what I understood my ancestry to look like: My father’s family name is extremely English and my mother’s maiden name is a sort of...
Aug 31, 20246 min read
PROBLEM SOLVING - A CAUTIONARY TALE
I was wanting to learn about and write something on how leaded gasoline became a thing. But then I came upon the biography of its...
May 14, 20242 min read
SYSTEMIC OR DISCRETE?
For years we were hearing about the replication crisis in the world of psychology; how so much accepted work in the field had never been...
Dec 20, 20223 min read
"DOOMSDAY GLACIER"
IS THIS HELPING ANYTHING? • The “Doomsday Glacier” Is Irreversibly Melting, Researchers Say “It could fall apart quickly, in decades.”...
Feb 24, 202216 min read
SCALE AND PERSPECTIVE
Someone once asked: If I’m not mistaken, you are arguing for humanity banding together to protect ourselves from a plethora of potential...
Feb 20, 20223 min read
ORGANIC? MAYBE NOT...
It's easy to find folks promoting organic. Abundant are claims that organic farming reduces environmental pollutants and greenhouse gas...
Jan 23, 202217 min read
CHOOSE YOUR OWN REALITY
[A SOCIALLY DISTANCED PANDEMIC PUB QUIZ] 1) COVID-19 will: A) Soon be forgotten B) Decide to disregard natural and anthropogenic...
Jul 22, 20210 min read