Title
|
Subject
|
Author
|
Synopsis
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| Quantum Philosophy |
Quantum Physics |
John Horgan |
New experiments - real and imagined - are
probing ever more deeply into the surreal quantum realm. |
| Think Maths |
Mathematical
Philosophy |
Ian Stewart |
Is mathematics the grand design for the Universe,
or merely a figment of the human imagination? |
| Crashing the Barriers |
Mathematical
Philosophy |
Ian Stewart |
Does it really matter if there are some things
that science will never solve? |
| Why Astrology doesn't
work |
Belief |
Lee Borrell |
The continued belief that planets rule our
destiny is not supported by evidence, history, mathematics or anything else.
Essays from Jacob Bronowski,Richard Dawkins and others are brought to bear,to
show that Astrology doesn't work. |
| Gravity doesn't exist |
Belief |
Edward Swinden |
Self confessed ignoramus claims Newton is
mad. |
| The Gambling Instinct |
Psychology |
Transcript |
Innumeracy breeds belief in superstition and
the capability of being taken advantage of by thinking one can win lotteries.What
makes people convinced that they have a power to alter chance? And how is
it connected with risk taking? |
| Runaway World |
Risk Analysis |
Transcript |
The 1992 Reith Lecture Part2 by Anthony Giddens
on Risk. |
| Distrust of Science |
Sociology |
John Maddox |
What events have contributed to the public
perception that science is not to be trusted? |
| Does science matter? |
Sociology |
Lesley Judd |
Transcript of the BBC 2 programme which
investigates public misunderstanding of science. |
| Open Letter |
Reason |
Richard Dawkins |
Open Letter from Richard Dawkins to his daughter
on good and bad reasons to believe. |
| June's a real gem |
Alternative Therapy |
Susan Press |
June Lamb practices Crystal Healing in Salford.
|
| The Army of the Night |
Reason |
Isaac Asimov |
In "The Roving Mind" Asimov argues for evolution
and against creationism. |
| The Blind that would
Lead |
Reason |
Isaac Asimov |
In "The Roving Mind" Asimov argues against
the Moral Majority. |
| Little Green Men or
Not? |
Reason |
Isaac Asimov |
Asimov puts forward Pro and Con arguments
for ET. |
| Don't You Believe? |
Reason |
Isaac Asimov |
Asimov weighs up the chances of the existence
of telepathy. |
| Open Mind? |
Reason |
Isaac Asimov |
Asimov argues that scientists should be less
tolerant and more vocal in their objection to pseudoscience. |
| UFO Watchers |
UFOlogy |
Jerome Burne |
Sightings of aliens have been linked to
electrical fields caused by quakes. |
| Everyman-God is a brain
disorder |
Opinion |
Polly Toynbee |
Experiments with temporal lobes suggest there
is proof that God does not exist. |
| Everyman-Astrology |
Opinion |
Polly Toynbee |
Astrology is a clever trick. |
| The Two Cultures |
Opinion |
Polly Toynbee |
The chasm between art and science. |
| Crystal Dawn |
Belief |
MENSA |
Letters in MENSA magazine refuting claims
of crystal healing. |
| Underclass |
Intelligence |
Jeremy Clarke |
Charles Murray's "The Bell Curve". |
| Talking Animals |
Intelligence |
Paul Sieveking |
Belief that animals can talk and communicate
significant messages,or just making sounds that seem like speech. The Fortean
Times delivers more BS and presents it as a paradox. |
| Swearing Jesus |
Censorship |
Jonathan Petre and Gareth Sturdy |
Religious play provokes fury. |
| RSPCA |
Animals Rights |
Jo Knowsley |
Activists drove senior worker into working
for the Countryside Alliance. |
| Transsexual Weddings are condemned
|
Religion |
Jonathan Petre and David Bamber |
Evangelicals try to stop transsexuals from
having the same rights as everyone else. |
| The 3rd Secret |
Religion |
Bruce Johnston and Ian Cobain |
The Pope reveals the 3rd secret of Fatima,which
supposedly predicted an assassination attempt on his life. |
| Darwin on Trial |
Evolution |
Stephen J. Gould |
Review of "Darwin on Trial" by Phillip F.
Johnson. |
| In the beginning... |
Science &
Religion |
John Windell |
Do huge advances in human knowledge of the
universe spell the end for the idea of an all-powerful creator,or has the
hand of God simply become more evident? |
| Meet my cousin the chimpanzee
|
Evolution |
Richard Dawkins |
Most people take it for granted that humans
are more important than apes.But this assumption has more to do with double
standards than biology. |
| Cousins |
Anthropology |
William Greaves |
Zoologist Charlotte Uhlenbroek has been around
the world to find that primates are her best mates. |
| The Human Story |
Evolution |
Ann and Patrick Fullick |
Six million years ago,a few bands of apes
in the shrinking African forest were running out of luck...then some of them
began to walk upright,and their descendants took over the world. |
| Second Opinions |
Medicine |
Mark Porter |
How today's medical knowledge can help to
explain historical conditions that were tragically misdiagnosed. |
| Natural Mystery |
Parapsychology |
Channel 5 |
Links from the CH5 factsheet. |
| Horizon-Blind Faith in
Science |
Science and Culture |
Polly Toynbee |
Public perception of science. |
| Equinox-Risk |
Perception and
Biology |
Polly Toynbee |
The effect of an enzyme called MAO (mono amine
oxidase). |
| Complementary Medicine
|
Belief and Health |
Mark Porter |
Are people attracted by the mystique that
surrounds such therapies,by a bit of mumbo jumbo quasi-science? |
| Interview-Shirley MacLaine
|
Belief |
Andrew Duncan |
The oscar-winning actress, still frisky at
66, is on a natural high, fuelled by her belief in herself and an appetite
for life (and past lives). |
| Moral Education |
Morality |
Theodore Dalrymple |
The Government's ideas on moral education
are worse than misguided. |
| The Review - Paganism |
Belief |
Transcript |
An interview with the Pagan Federation's Nigel
Bourne. |
| Men in Crisis |
Opinion |
Polly Toynbee |
Men are suffering from the effects of
equality.What a shame for them! |
| Quest for the lost
Civilisation |
Opinion |
Polly Toynbee |
Polly is not happy about self confessed non-expert
Graham Hancock and neither am I! |
| A Very British Murder |
Opinion |
Polly Toynbee |
Polly comments on the Tony Martin Case. I
annexe the Sarah Payne case. |
| Cutting Edge :Xmas |
Opinion |
Polly Toynbee |
Polly gives an Xmas message. |
| Religion is dead |
Religion |
Various |
Religion is dead - so says Britain's self
- proclaimed independent minister. Church goers fight in favour of
discrimination. Trinity of churches pray for a new start. |
| Millennium Candles |
Religion |
Nick Hodgson |
Local fiasco created as Christians try to
appropriate £20,000 of taxpayers money.Which no one has seen since. |
| Fuel Crisis |
Opinion |
|
Letters on the fuel crisis. |
| 10 Plagues |
Belief |
|
The biblical story of the ten plagues visited
upon Egypt is investigated in this week's Equinox, and the findings reveal
that each one could have a rational explanation. |
| A pure view of Popper |
Science philosophy |
Roger Bridgman |
A review of A. K. Dewdney's Yes, We Have
No Neutrons. |
| Natural Born
Believers? |
Parapsychology |
Sue Blackmore |
A review of Soul Searching by Nicholas
Humphrey. |
| Is the truth is out
there? |
Parapsychology |
Mark Anstead |
Does the 'other side' really exist, or is
it a product of the human imagination? |
| Monkeying with mystery |
Crytpozoology |
Sean Wood |
Investigation of mysterious creatures. |
| Storming the Ivory Tower |
Science Education |
Lee Smolin |
A look at the academic establishment
structure. |
| Numerology |
Pseudoscience |
Awake! |
A look at the academic establishment
structure. |
| Chance is a Fine
Thing |
Evolution |
John Cornwell |
A review of Climbing Mount
Improbable. |
| The sum of human knowledge
|
Numerology |
Hildi Hawkins |
The ancient art of interpreting numbers answers
to a deep-seated human need to find meaning in even the most commonplace
things and events. |
| The thought that counts
|
Numerology |
Hildi Hawkins |
Ancient philosophers were enthralled by the mathematical
relationships they found in nature, and believed that numbers underlay every
aspect of reality.Certain numbers then acquired their own symbolic
'personality'. |