Category: humanism

• Climate week at Harvard, 6th-10th April 2015

  citizenship . civilization . climate education . economics . education . environment . ethics . humanism . investing . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science . science education

  Apr 3.2015
• “Merchants of Doubt: What Climate Deniers Learned from Big Tobacco”

  carbon dioxide . climate . climate change . climate education . ecology . economics . education . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . history . humanism . investing . IPCC . meteorology . new forms of scientific peer review . obfuscating data . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . scientific publishing . sociology

  Feb 26.2015
• Christian Robert on Alan Turing

  Bayes . Bayesian . citizenship . education . ethics . history . humanism . mathematics . maths . politics . rationality . reasonableness . statistics . stochastic algorithms . stochastic search . the right to know . Wordpress

  Feb 11.2015
• “Barking mad”

  astrophysics . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . demand-side solutions . diffusion processes . ecology . economics . engineering . environment . ethics . forecasting . games of chance . geoengineering . geophysics . history . humanism . IPCC . meteorology . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . physics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . reasonableness . science . science education . sea level rise . the right to know

  Feb 10.2015
• The New School puts climate change front, center … and acts

  bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . education . humanism . physics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sociology . the right to know

  Feb 8.2015
• The designers of our climate

  astrophysics . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . Carl Sagan . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . differential equations . ecology . economics . engineering . environment . ethics . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geoengineering . geophysics . humanism . IPCC . mathematics . mathematics education . maths . meteorology . methane . NASA . NCAR . Neill deGrasse Tyson . NOAA . oceanography . open data . open source scientific software . physics . politics . population biology . Principles of Planetary Climate . probabilistic programming . R . rationality . reasonableness . reproducible research . risk . science . science education . scientific publishing . sociology . solar power . statistics . testing . the right to know

  Jan 27.2015
• Codium fragile, for Saturday, 17th January 2015

  art . arXiv . astronomy . astrophysics . atheism . carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . Carbon Tax . Carl Sagan . chemistry . citizen science . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . energy . engineering . environment . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geoengineering . history . humanism . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . meteorology . methane . microgrids . NASA . Neill deGrasse Tyson . new forms of scientific peer review . NOAA . notes . nuclear power . oceanography . open data . open source scientific software . physics . politics . Principles of Planetary Climate . rationality . reasonableness . reproducible research . science . science education . scientific publishing . sociology . the right to know

  Jan 17.2015
• “a day of mourning”

  Bayesian . citizenship . civilization . compassion . humanism . rationality . reasonableness . Wordpress

  Jan 10.2015
• Bloomberg on why gasoline consumption isn’t soaring with drop in oil prices

  carbon dioxide . citizenship . climate . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . energy . energy reduction . environment . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . humanism . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . wind power

  Dec 11.2014
• Climate Science: What You Need To Know

  astronomy . astrophysics . carbon dioxide . chemistry . citizen science . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . consumption . ecology . economics . education . energy . engineering . environment . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . humanism . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . methane . NOAA . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . scientific publishing . solar power . the right to know . wind power

  Dec 11.2014
• Liddell and Kruschke, on conditional logistic Bayesian estimation

  Bayes . Bayesian . biology . citizenship . civilization . compassion . ecology . economics . ethics . humanism . investing . MCMC . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . sociology . statistics

  Dec 11.2014
• extrapolations

  carbon dioxide . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . energy reduction . engineering . environment . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . humanism . investment in wind and solar energy . mathematics . maths . meteorology . NOAA . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . statistics

  Dec 4.2014
• Why I don’t eat commercially caught fish

  atheism . biology . Boston Ethical Society . ethics . humanism . oceanography . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists

  Nov 28.2014
• “A Bill — To provide for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emission fees”

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . climate . climate education . consumption . demand-side solutions . economics . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . humanism . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . methane . municipal solid waste . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science

  Nov 26.2014
• Defeating “The Index” in Gilbert, Arizona

  atheism . biology . Boston Ethical Society . citizenship . ecology . education . environment . humanism . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science . scientific publishing . the right to know

  Nov 7.2014
• IPCC WG3 overview video, and Synthesis Report news conference

  carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . ecology . economics . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geoengineering . geophysics . humanism . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . meteorology . methane . nuclear power . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . solar power . wind power

  Nov 2.2014
• “I very much enjoy taking those people on, but, meanwhile, it breaks my heart”

  astrophysics . atheism . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . Carl Sagan . citizen science . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . compassion . ecology . economics . education . engineering . environment . forecasting . geophysics . history . humanism . mathematics . maths . meteorology . methane . Neill deGrasse Tyson . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . solar power . wind power

  Nov 1.2014
• Leonardo DiCaprio, concerned citizen, at the United Nations

  carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . economics . efficiency . energy . environment . fossil fuel divestment . geoengineering . geophysics . humanism . meteorology . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . solar power . wind power

  Sep 23.2014
• “The woman who fights the rising sea”

  citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . humanism . politics

  Sep 14.2014
• “People are too insignificant to affect climate”

  biology . Boston Ethical Society . carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . conservation . ecology . environment . history . humanism . rationality . reasonableness . science . Uncategorized . Unitarian Universalism

  Sep 13.2014
• ‘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
• “Rising seas will be unstoppable”

  biology . carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . ecology . economics . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . geoengineering . geophysics . humanism . meteorology . oceanography . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . solar power . wind power

  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
• Sea Level Rise, after Church and White (2006)

  Bayesian . carbon dioxide . civilization . climate . climate education . conservation . consumption . ecology . economics . education . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . engineering . environment . forecasting . geoengineering . geophysics . humanism . MCMC . meteorology . oceanography . optimization . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . science . statistics

  Jul 14.2014
• 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
• 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
• 1991-2012, United States, Earth: Surface Temperatures

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . climate . climate education . education . energy reduction . environment . forecasting . geoengineering . geophysics . humanism . physics . politics . reasonableness . risk . science . wind power

  May 6.2014
• On the “Demon-haunted world”

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

  Apr 20.2014