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Critical Thinking

Sometime it really irks me when I see those “this is SO COOL” lists. They’re usually forwarded by a ‘friend’ (ie, annoying people who happen to have your email address). Today i found a perfect...

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The Parable of the Water

Ok, it’s storytime kids. One day, a pamphlet turns up in your mailbox. The pamphlet starts by telling you about a study showing that tap water is highly acidic and nigh-undrinkable. In fact, you...

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Climate Change Review

Pursuant to a small controversy that erupted at Not PC over some comments of mine, and after some discussion over a beer with a new Libz member about global warming, I made a write-up of the evidence...

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Solar Variation and Vostok Ice Cores

In this climate change post, I’ll briefly outline why blaming solar variation for recent warming is incorrect, interpret the Vostok Ice Cores, and then tell you the political part of my position. That...

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April Fools Review

Although there was nary a joke played on me today, I noticed that as the clock ticked over in America, several very interesting stories became apparent. Here are a few of my favourites from this...

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David Bain, the Privy Council and capital punishment

David Bain was the sole survivor when 5 members of his immediate family were shot and killed in their Dunedin home in 1994. Suspicion at first fell on his father Robin, but four days later the police...

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More Broken Windows Fallacy

Only a week after my discovery of a disgustingly thorough example of the Broken Windows Fallacy, another example pops up, this time from the Herald’s Business Editor, Liam Dann. Disaster forces Govt to...

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