scepticism

Welcome to the 'scepticism' tag page at Technorati. This page features content from the farthest reaches of the Blogosphere that authors have "tagged" with 'scepticism'.

Are you an expert about 'scepticism'? Do you want to be the Technorati authority on 'scepticism'? You can write a description that will appear right here: Join Blogcritics!

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “scepticism”

 

• Bihar has Rs.140 bn unutilized central funds

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 534
  Patna, Jan 27 (IANS) Of the central funds it received, Bihar utilized just 50 percent in the first 10 months of this fiscal, leaving the state — riding high on development claims — with an astronomical Rs.14,000 crore (Rs.140 billion) to spend during the next two months!The news has apparently upset Chief ...
  2 days ago

• How did this get on the science page? | Jon Butterworth | Life & Physics

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk How did this get on the science page? | Jon Butterworth | Life & Physics “A new study suggests…” that if going to church makes you a Tory, those Bishops are even more confused than I thoughtI have been wondering why this “Does voting in a church turn you into a ...
  5 days ago

• How did this get on the science page? | Jon Butterworth | Life & Physics

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  "A new study suggests..." that if going to church makes you a Tory, those Bishops are even more confused than I thought I have been wondering why this " Does voting in a church turn you into a Tory ?" got on to the science pages. From following the links, the "new study" looks like an attention-seeking piece of ...
  6 days ago

• Greedy Lying Bastards: US filmmaker attacks oil industry | Leo Hickman

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Greedy Lying Bastards: US filmmaker attacks oil industry | Leo Hickman Craig Rosebraugh’s new documentary highlights the ‘influence, deceit and corruption’ of fossil fuel industryProvocative, brutally honest and impossible to ignore. And that’s just the title. ...
  1 week ago

• Greedy Lying Bastards: US filmmaker attacks oil industry | Leo Hickman

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Craig Rosebraughs new documentary highlights the influence, deceit and corruption of fossil fuel industry Provocative, frank and impossible to ignore. And thats just the title. Craig Rosebraugh , a US filmmaker and political activist, has produced a feature-length documentary that demands to be seen. Greedy Lying ...
  1 week ago

• A Re-analysis of My Comet 103P Images (and the original FITS files)

  
  Astroblog — Authority: 113
  As you may know, one of my comet images has been taken and modified to give the appearance that there is an unknown planet in it (see here and here for details and a bunch of free resources to play with). Its been 2 years since I first processed this image, and Ive learnt a few tricks since then. S0 I went back ...
  1 week ago

• Numbers and scepticism

  
  Doddsville — Authority: 97
  Forget astrology and reading palms, tea leaves or minds. The closest we come to understanding the present and predicting the future is with statistics. I was once a statistics sceptic, believing numbers could tell you something about simple linear relationships but, when things get complex, I used to think numbers ...
  1 week ago

• Mary Raftery: A sceptical hero

  
  Sunny spells and scattered showers — Authority: 79
  Few people outside Ireland know of Mary Raftery , but they should. To appreciate the kind of person she was, you need to appreciate what Irish society was like just a few decades ago. Most things of importance in Ireland were controlled by the Catholic Church. Because of their power and influence, nothing happened ...
  1 week ago

• Why am I anti-Christian when it’s irrelevant to my life?

  
  Darryl Sloan — Authority: 85
  I make a lot of videos against Christianity. This might seem a bit obsessive, when Christianity is an irrelevance to my life. But there is a good reason for it.
  1 week ago

• Blue Monday: a depressing day of pseudoscience and humiliation

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  A psychologist explains why the third Monday of January has for him become the most depressing day of the year January is a depressing time for many. The weathers awful, you get less daylight than a stunted dandelion and your body is struggling to cope with the withdrawal of the depression-alleviating calorific ...
  2 weeks ago

• Master Marketing Management By Taking An Online Diploma

  
  4myp - Custom Promotional Calendars — Authority: 138
  Marketing, in the modern world, in many senses is business. Every aspect of bringing a product to the marketplace is subservient to a marketing plan and strategy. Marketing informs research, design, testing, production, promotion, sales and delivery. Marketing has come to define what we understand by the modern ...
  2 weeks ago

• US climate scientist’s wife suffers email ‘frenzy of hate’

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk US climate scientist’s wife suffers email ‘frenzy of hate’ Inbox of MIT scientist Kerry Emanuel’s wife was flooded with menacing emails after he appeared in a video featuring Republicans who believe in man-made climate change• Watch the videoProminent M. I. published ...
  2 weeks ago

• US climate scientists wife suffers email frenzy of hate

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Inbox of MIT scientist Kerry Emanuels wife was flooded with menacing emails after he appeared in a video featuring Republicans who believe in man-made climate change • Watch the video Prominent M.I.T. researcher Kerry Emanuel has been receiving an unprecedented "frenzy of hate" after a video featuring an ...
  2 weeks ago

• US teachers offered support for climate change lessons

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk US teachers offered support for climate change lessons National Centre for Science Education gives teachers advice on how to deal with demand to drop classes on climate changeAn organisation that has championed the teaching of evolution in America’s schools is offering support ...
  2 weeks ago

• US teachers offered support for climate change lessons

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  National Centre for Science Education gives teachers advice on how to deal with demand to drop classes on climate change An organisation that has championed the teaching of evolution in Americas schools is offering support to teachers who have come under attack for lessons on climate change. The National Centre for ...
  2 weeks ago

• Should your views on global warming affect your employment? | Leo Hickman

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 163
  http://www.guardian.co.uk Should your views on global warming affect your employment? | Leo Hickman Ferris Bueller’s Day Off actor Ben Stein launches lawsuit claiming he lost advertising work due to his climate change scepticismNews of an intriguing lawsuit arrives from Los Angeles. Ben Stein, a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Should your views on global warming affect your employment? | Leo Hickman

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Ferris Buellers Day Off actor Ben Stein launches lawsuit claiming he lost advertising work due to his climate change scepticism News of an intriguing lawsuit arrives from Los Angeles. Ben Stein, a comedian, actor and economic commentator, who is probably still best known for his role playing an economics professor ...
  2 weeks ago

• Management for skeptics

  
  Terahertz — Authority: 100
  At some point near the end of last semester I checked out Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total Nonsense by Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton from the SFU library. As a graduate student I had access to term loans from the library so I took the book out knowing that at some point I’d get through it. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Low carbon Leeds City Region would save money and create jobs

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  University study makes compelling case for major investment in energy-saving, in the first UK pilot area to produce a low carbon plan Hopes of turning the Leeds city region into a low carbon area have been given useful underpinning by an academic study which shows how cutting energy bills could be both profitable ...
  2 weeks ago

• Climate scientist disowned by Newt Gingrich speaks out over book spat

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  Katharine Hayhoe tells of her shock at having her chapter in Gingrichs book dumped following rightwing pressure A US climate scientist at the centre of a row over Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrichs stance on climate change has spoken out for the first time. Katharine Hayhoe, an atmospheric scientist ...
  3 weeks ago

Comments about scepticism