A thought-provoking experience on Wednesday when, for work purposes, I am required to attend a motorsports event. Without going into too much detail, it’s not a race, but a sponsors’ event, even though it does involve taking cars out on track. However, even though there’s no racing happening, everyone present has so much invested in the occasion that it’s almost painful.

[Read more →]

I wouldn’t blame you if you were put off by the title of this post. After all, it’s a pretty moot point which people will continue to argue over, disagree about and use as a subject for television documentaries probably for decades to come. And whenever these discussions kick off, Orson Welles’ masterpiece Citizen Kane always gets mentioned, much to the annoyance of those people who don’t rate it very highly.

[Read more →]

Last weekend the British Humanist Association held one of its regular conferences at Conway Hall in Red Lion Square, London. The topic was Evolutionary theory: is this all there is? and, as usual with these events, there was a distinguished list of academics on hand to discuss questions relating to biology, psychology and philosophy. Here’s my (inevitably subjective) summary of what went on and what we got out of attending.

[Read more →]

See what’s been worth reading today.

[Read more →]

See what’s been worth reading today.

[Read more →]

See what’s been worth reading today.

[Read more →]

See what’s been worth reading today.

[Read more →]

While the management is in a video-embedding mood, here’s another – The Scientific Baloney Detection Kit, which arrives with us via a long and prestigious line of scientists including Carl Sagan and Richard Dawkins.

[Read more →]

Here’s a chance to hear the renowned philosopher AC Grayling thinking out loud on the application of scientific thinking to wider areas of life.

[Read more →]

See what’s been worth reading today.

[Read more →]