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Little Gem: Australia

Posted on 14 May, 2018 by alloporus
Little Gem: Australia

A better title for this would be “Big Gem” for it is a truly brave exposition of our Australian predicament that is well worth the time it takes to read right to the end…

Richard Flanagan: ‘Our politics is a dreadful black comedy’ – press club speech in full

Sometimes it takes an artistic insight to see the truth in our material world.

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Historians are worried about democracy

Historians are worried about democracy

There is plenty of it about only its fragile and could collapse at any moment…

Can humanity persist for another 100 years?

Can humanity persist for another 100 years?

Will we make it? Can humanity survive? Surely we will baring catastrophe…

Do we stop learning when we leave school?

Do we stop learning when we leave school?

Knowable knowledge is now so vast that its overwhealming. Choose carefully.

Can your manager read faces?

Can your manager read faces?

Should we take responsibility for our emotions in the workplace or is that the manager’s job?

A different message from Sir David

A different message from Sir David

The truth is sometimes challenging and asks a lot of us all…

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Scientific method

Scientific method

I have been thinking about the scientific method, again. Way back in the day, the 1980’s as it happens, I was a graduate student learning the research trade. Alongside the admiration for big hair and shoulderpads, there were skills to practice, theory to imbibe, and a philosophy to master. The research philosophy I was taught […]

Brumbies

Brumbies

Sometimes politics gets in the way of both evidence and logic.

The business of science

The business of science

Researchers reduced to making noise just to prolong their careers is a poor outcome…

Facts and values

Facts and values

When a value meets a fact anything is possible…

2.4% of GDP

2.4% of GDP

There really is only one way to make agriculture great again…

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