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Geek and nerd Joe D has in the past studied genetics, molecular and cell biology, worked in cancer research, and made contemptuous amounts of money from incompetently composed photographs. The views expressed on this weblog are not his own; rather, he stole them from you through mind invasion.
Category Archives: shouting at my radio
Did Darwin Kill God?
This is another archival repost from the old blog — this time from april 2009. I found on the iPlayer the latest in BBC2′s series of Darwin documentaries, Did Darwin Kill God? This is theologian Conor Cunningham’s attempt reconcile science … Continue reading
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Tagged biology, creationism, evolution, memetics, religion, reviews, science, television
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Church leader declares crackpot ideas, gets free air time
This is another archival repost from the old blog — this one from March 2008. Wow, a slow news day, eh? The BBC, shunning predictable Chinese military aggression, another turn of the tides in Iraq, and yet more boring news … Continue reading
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Tagged bad arguments, badjournalism, catholic church, hybrid embryos, keith o-brien, politics, radio 4, religion, science
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Sir David was wrong
Another in the ongoing project to archive posts from an old blog – this one from february 2009. Not in the television programme — well, I don’t know, I haven’t seen it yet due to pesky tennis fans capturing the … Continue reading
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Tagged bad arguments, biology, darwin200, david attenborough, evolution, genetics, human evolution, science
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Evelyn Fox Keller on genes, evolution, and epigenetics
This is another archival repost from the old blog, first published way back in March 2008. I’ve been following CBC’s How To Think About Science series, and caught the Evelyn Fox Keller episode the other day. It was interesting, but … Continue reading
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Tagged biology, cell biology, cell signalling, dna repair, epigenetics, evelyn fox keller, evolution, genetics, molecular biology, mutation, science
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That awful pee lady
This is another archival repost of something posted on the old blog in 2007. What is it with Channel 4 and the examination of excretions? During How Toxic Are Your Kids (C4, Thurs 8pm) I had to check the television … Continue reading
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Tagged badjournalism, badscience, channel 4, media, reviews, sarah beeny, television
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But truth does matter
This is another repost from the old blog, for archival purposes. I’m watching Peter Owen Jones’ Around The World In Eighty Faiths. You might recall Owen Jones as the public school hippy ex-ad man anglican vicar from Extreme Pilgrimage. This … Continue reading
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Tagged peter owen jones, philosophy, religion, reviews, television, truth
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Help! Help! I’m being repressed
(This is another archival repost of something written on the old blog a few years ago.) I’ve been catching up with about a month of blogosphere this weekend, after travelling, and other distractions. I managed to catch a discarded copy … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative medicine, badscience, ben goldacre, homeopathy, homophobia, medicine, politics, pseudoscience, rustum roy, science, the guardian
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Cotch: Law In Action: Owning Your Image
A quick review of this week’s Law In Action on Radio 4, which looked at photography and the law — particularly jobsworth office managers who think it’s their job to harass people, and other police initiatives that lack any credible … Continue reading
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Tagged law, london, photography, politics, radio 4, reviews
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Broadcast
This is an archival re-post of something written last summer on the old blog. Any Questions, one half of BBC Radio 4′s weekly foray into the realm of mindless US-style talk radio bigotry, this week invited a panel of historians, … Continue reading
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Tagged any questions, bad arguments, bad journalism, media, publishing, radio 4, rod liddle, technology, twitter, web2.0
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Soft Targets
Christina Odone reviewed Bill Maher’s film Religulous on Radio 4′s Front Row (start: 9m). “He gets some very good replies from some terribly soft targets.” She’s thinking particularly of creationist-sympathising US Senator Mark Pryor (D-AK). She goes on, “… but … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, bag arguments, media, radio 4, religion, reviews
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A short note on sweatshops
I want to take a short diversion from normal service to add to the occasional series “arguments so bad my jaw literally drops.” I have forgotten exactly what radio programme I heard it on, but it was probably one of … Continue reading
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Tagged bad arguments, economics, media, politics, radio 4, sweatshops
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