Thornton Blackmore One can only hope that future generations will look upon these times and ponder at the absurdities of the Western Cultural Revolution. Indeed, unlike the comparatively mundane class struggles of previous centuries, today’s Marxism seeks to dismantle not only class or even gender, but is attempting now
Dr. Jay Lehr cfact.org CFACT Senior Science Analyst Jay Lehr has authored more than 1,000 magazine and journal articles and 36 books. Jay’s new book A Hitchhikers Journey Through Climate Change written with Teri Ciccone is now available on Kindle and Amazon. Shakespeare said it in the
Guy Hatchard hatchardreport.com Dr Guy Hatchard is an international advocate of food safety and natural medicine. He received his undergraduate degree in Logic and Theoretical Physics from the University of Sussex and his PhD in Psychology from Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield Iowa. Information Opinion Some of the research
Leonie Heilbronn University of Adelaide Professor Leonie Heilbronn is based at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), where she leads the Obesity and Metabolism laboratory. Her research is at the interface between basic and clinical science. Biochemist and author of the Glucose Revolution Jessie Inchauspé says tweaking
Dave Witherow Dave Witherow, who was a long-time columnist with the Otago Daily Times, emigrated to New Zealand from Northern Ireland in 1971. He’s an author and scriptwriter and worked as a scientist for Fish and Game. Warning Satire Doctor Bloomfield, our Voice of Science, has announced he
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com Information Opinion So, a medical doctor who took the Hippocratic Oath, to First Do No Harm, is proud of the ‘vaccination effort?’ Proud of the data mangling his crew produced, more like. How inevitable and yet disingenuous and misleading, to refer
Anyone who’s prone to babbling about “IFL Science!” and spouting idiotic memes like, “The overwhelming majority of scientists…” could really do with a rudimentary education in the history of science. Some really bad ideas have been promulgated as “settled science”, and some really appalling people have been prominent scientists.
Information Opinion One might think that the people who run a hospital, where clever people usually work, might at least make an attempt to get their ‘information’ straight. But no, it seems that whoever runs Queenstown’s Lakes District Hospital cares not one jot about the accuracy of information. Whether
It turns out that reports of the death of the Great Barrier Reef were greatly exaggerated. Not only is the Reef very much not dead, it’s just hit record coral cover. Now, it should be borne in mind that “on record” means, in this case, “in the last four
One of the most influential books on my teenage mind was Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea’s Illuminatus! (I’m in good company, as it happens: its mind-bogglingly psychedelic science-fiction satire was likewise a major influence on Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, aka The JAMs/The KLF.
Jack Baggaley University of Canterbury Jack Baggaley is a Professor of Emeritus Physics and Astronomy, at University of Canterbury. New Zealand may seem to be under meteor bombardment at the moment. After a huge meteor exploded above the sea near Wellington on July 7, creating a sonic boom that could
Adilah Ahmad particle.scitech.org.au Adilah is an avid science lover, feline fanatic, and photography enthusiast. She has a degree in Human Anatomy and Physiology and is currently pursuing a PhD. When she’s not at work or having overpriced smashed avo at a cafe, you can find her
Peter Murphy cfact.org Peter Murphy is Senior Fellow at CFACT. He has researched and advocated for a variety of policy issues, including education reform and fiscal policy, both in the non-profit sector and in government in the administration of former New York Governor George Pataki. Former Vice President
In his The Demon-Haunted World, Carl Sagan emphasises that science is not an institution or a mere collection of facts. Science is a way of thinking. Central to that way of thinking is scepticism and critical thinking, as opposed to superstition and dogma. Sagan would be turning in his
New Zealand Doctors Speaking Out With Science nzdsos.com The phrase “anti vaccine” has become synonymous with all manner of wrongdoing. Yet in today’s political climate many who have developed vaccines, prescribed and administered vaccines, taught vaccine providers and coordinated vaccine programs are now accused of anti vaccine sentiment.
