Category: history

• ‘We’re due for one; it’s time’

  Bayesian . Boston Ethical Society . climate . climate education . compassion . ecology . economics . engineering . environment . geoengineering . history . humanism . NASA . notes . obfuscating data . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . Uncategorized

  Sep 8.2014
• Wally Broecker, 2015, “What Should We Do About Fossil Fuel CO2?”

  carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . climate . climate education . geoengineering . geophysics . history . meteorology . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Aug 31.2014
• Emission reductions since 1990

  astrophysics . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . chemistry . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . energy reduction . engineering . environment . forecasting . geoengineering . geophysics . history . investing . mathematics . maths . meteorology . methane . NASA . nuclear power . oceanography . optimization . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . solar power . WHOI . wind power . Wordpress

  Aug 27.2014
• Hope. This is why, in part, I am an atheist.

  astronomy . astrophysics . atheism . biology . Boston Ethical Society . Carl Sagan . citizenship . civilization . ecology . education . engineering . environment . geophysics . history . humanism . mathematics . maths . meteorology . NASA . Neill deGrasse Tyson . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Aug 15.2014
• The FT’s Martin Wolf: “Climate sceptics are losing their grip”

  citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . education . efficiency . energy reduction . engineering . environment . forecasting . geophysics . history . investing . meteorology . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Jul 14.2014
• Shepherd skewers “climate zombie theories” …

  Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . ecology . economics . education . engineering . environment . forecasting . geophysics . history . meteorology . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Jun 23.2014
• AGU Chapman Conference — Climate Science: Michael Mann

  atheism . carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . ecology . environment . forecasting . geoengineering . geophysics . history . meteorology . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . statistics

  Jun 22.2014
• “… the collectivists …”

  carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . consumption . economics . education . environment . forecasting . history . investing . meteorology . obfuscating data . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Jun 22.2014
• Foolish Line

  carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . economics . education . forecasting . history . humanism . obfuscating data . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . statistics . Uncategorized

  Jun 1.2014
• On Stenger’s narcissistic America, and picking and choosing what science to believe

  atheism . history . humanism . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science . Unitarian Universalism

  May 28.2014
• Stupidity

  citizenship . civilization . climate . education . history . obfuscating data . rationality . reasonableness . risk

  May 23.2014
• Climate Disruption: “Happy talk” and “a slap in the face”

  atheism . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . compassion . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . economics . education . efficiency . energy reduction . environment . forecasting . geophysics . history . humanism . meteorology . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . statistics

  May 7.2014
• On the “Demon-haunted world”

  atheism . citizenship . compassion . education . history . humanism . investing . physics . politics . rationality . risk . science

  Apr 20.2014
• A comment on RealClimate’s review of Part 3 of the AR5 IPCC Report, regarding “Mitigation of Climate Change”

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . consumption . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . education . energy reduction . engineering . environment . geophysics . history . meteorology . nuclear power . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . Unitarian Universalism

  Apr 17.2014
• RADM David Titley, USN Oceanographer … the “reformed smoker” talk

  carbon dioxide . citizenship . climate . climate education . education . energy . engineering . environment . forecasting . geophysics . history . meteorology . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . science . WHOI

  Mar 31.2014
• Unwinding coastal flood insurance

  climate education . economics . education . engineering . environment . geoengineering . geophysics . history . meteorology . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Mar 26.2014
• Dr David Gallo of WHOI on today’s “Face the Nation” on CBS: MH370

  engineering . history . meteorology . oceanography . probabilistic programming . WHOI

  Mar 23.2014
• “United States anthracite.”

  Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . demand-side solutions . economics . education . energy . energy reduction . environment . geoengineering . geophysics . history . meteorology . nuclear power . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . wind power

  Mar 22.2014
• What We’re Up Against

  civilization . climate . climate education . education . environment . forecasting . geophysics . history . meteorology . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science . Uncategorized

  Mar 19.2014
• The Skeptical Science Attack: Where My Professional World and My Vocation Converge

  atheism . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . ecology . economics . education . environment . geophysics . history . investing . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Mar 11.2014
• Dealing with other, more dangerous kinds of waste: Fukushima at home

  citizenship . civilization . ecology . economics . education . environment . history . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Feb 25.2014
• Why the Higgs field and gravity are completed unrelated

  education . energy . history . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science

  Feb 21.2014
• “Without even thinking very hard …”: My favorite post from RealClimate

  chemistry . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . ecology . economics . education . efficiency . energy . engineering . environment . geoengineering . geophysics . history . meteorology . notes . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Feb 17.2014
• An optimistic plan, wishfully thought

  climate . climate education . economics . efficiency . energy . engineering . environment . geoengineering . geophysics . history . meteorology . physics . politics . reasonableness . risk . science

  Feb 6.2014
• “Data-driven science is a failure of imagination” (Petr Keil)

  Bayesian . engineering . history . mathematics . maths . MCMC . probabilistic programming . rationality . science

  Jan 19.2014
• Professor Richard Alley on Sustainability

  chemistry . climate . climate education . economics . environment . geoengineering . geophysics . history . investing . oceanography . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science

  Nov 24.2013
• An exclusive interview with Bill Gates, at FT

  atheism . compassion . economics . education . engineering . history . rationality . reasonableness . Unitarian Universalism

  Nov 2.2013
• Nerds vs. Breaking Bad

  chemistry . compassion . education . engineering . history . notes . rationality . reasonableness . science

  Oct 10.2013
• The great Dennis Lindley, interviewed

  history . maths . rationality . statistics

  Aug 15.2013