The danger of being swamped by confident idiots
The Trump phenomenon and the influence of One Nation on local politics highlight how irrational beliefs seem to be shaping world events to a …
Scientology Personality Test Postscript – Brisbane
Rationalist board member Hugh Harris continues his search for meaning … Source: Scientology Personality Test Postscript – Brisbane – Rational Razor After my disastrous …
Scientology’s personality test said I have “no real reason to live”
Unlike psychologists, psychiatrists and other medical practitioners who offer treatments for mental illness, Scientology escapes regulation because it offers services as a religion. Despite …
Malcolm Roberts: defining his nonsense
Angry white men and the movement that’s been defined as “Organised Pseudo-legal Commercial Argument” (OPCA). Delusional nonsense, really, but it can be dangerous … …
Science and Society – Do we have a problem?
RSA Member David Thurley speaks of the growing problem of science denialism in society. He has given this speech to a number of community …
This is why you will lose your argument
So the Great Barrier Reef has not been listed as endangered by UNESCO. And same-sex marriage is high on the national agenda. Care to …
How an approach to science helps define the political centre
There was a bit of talk over the last election cycle, expressed in the usual language of political left and right, about returning the …
The Evolution of Scientific Funding
Understanding the funding of science may be scientists’ greatest challenge. AFTER a lifetime in Science, my enthusiasm and fascination for biology and biological systems has …