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Now you science, now you don’t

Collin Van Uden — Mon, 21 May 2012 02:33:59 +0000

I’ll admit, I love it when science and esotericism collide. I was fascinated by ‘unexplainable’ phenomena as a kid, and the interest has carried along through to adulthood – during which the advances in science and technology have been such that many of these can now be more closely examined, opening new realms of understanding. So when [...]

Of course there’s a part II, what are you, new?

Collin Van Uden — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:10:09 +0000

A science should be defined by the questions it asks. Take for example technology science – it’s questions range from the challenges of engineering and configuring hardware to perform at ever changing optimums of efficiency (no doubt to an inefficient budget) to “How do I turn this damn machine on?”

The public is made of people. Some [...]

I’m NOT a scientist, get me out of here too!

Collin Van Uden — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 10:46:33 +0000

In a lot of ways, this sums something up for me:

“The origins of modern science probably date back to the 1600?s, when the first Learned Societies and Academies were formed, and the idea of using experiments to test theories took hold. There have been huge changes in many things since then – but it is interesting [...]

Something smells like bad ass science

Collin Van Uden — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:23:52 +0000

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/womens-tears-are-a-real-turn-off-for-men-new-research-claims/story-e6frf7mf-1225983668229

Again, smelling tears lowered activity in the neural networks associated with arousal.

Really? Because personally, I having scientists make me airsnort chemical compounds whilst I’m assessing the attractiveness of a picture of a woman really gets [...]

Bullies, Bollocks and Divine Infanticide

Collin Van Uden — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:26:48 +0000

This post was actually a response to a discussion raised on the IF Project Facebook page. The IF Project is an endeavour by journalist Jane Lee to, in a 100 day timeframe, “launch a new magazine to shed light on the SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL and HUMANITARIAN challenges of the world.”

I suggest you check out and contribute to the [...]