Opinion
Pieces on various topics, from science to politics and ethics. You may also be interested in the climate change section of my website.
- Off liberty: Why the ‘harm principle’ may do more harm than good
- No confidence in the vote: Why ballots make me cross
- Why, why, why? Are there some questions science can never answer?
- Tipping the scales: Taking the measure of man’s quest to quantify
- Blue-sci research: Resolving the THE debate requires research into blue-sky research
- Anti-social networking: An interview with Susan Greenfield
- Auntie’s science bloomers: Pending a change of climate, take BBC science with a pinch of salt
- Off liberty: Why the ‘harm principle’ may do more harm than good
- Science Minister visits Oxford
- ’Bloggers bid to break back of BCA: A reprint of Simon Singh’s now officially non-libellous article ‘Beware the spinal trap’.
- Is rash rational?: A jar of beads meets human certainty
- All II.1s, II.1s for all: Math is hard. Let’s study English!
- More’s law: Why expectations of technology will double every eighteen months.
- Teleology: Does God play dice? Or does He prefer coin-tossing?
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