http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com Skeptical, Critical and Optimistic Thinking about Science from Sweden Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:08:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://s2.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/society-science/ http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/society-science/#comments Sun, 18 Dec 2011 07:52:58 +0000 Brady Caldwell http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/?p=4478 Continue reading →]]> http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/society-science/feed/ 5 skepticalswedishscientists NOT Science Writing, scientists bragging about their specialized knowledge David Attenborough uses nature to push his political beliefs Scientists Behaving Badly again in Climategate 2 Climategate 2 - more misbehaving scientists BBC Bias gets a whacking from Christopher Booker Polar Bear cannibal - on the increase and eating its way to us Polar Bears increases become a problem for activists and humans false_alarms 2012-iceage http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/beauty-below/ http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/beauty-below/#comments Sat, 26 Nov 2011 02:18:30 +0000 Brady Caldwell http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/?p=4390 Continue reading →]]> http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/11/26/beauty-below/feed/ 0 skepticalswedishscientists Earth video from the International Space Station - 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Matt Ridley RSA lecture (31 Oct 2011) Enlightenment Ideals shining through Star Trek Enterprise Intro http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/ice-escapades/ http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/ice-escapades/#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:59:08 +0000 Brady Caldwell http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/?p=4216 Continue reading →]]> http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/10/30/ice-escapades/feed/ 0 skepticalswedishscientists Times Atlas going Green Times atlas adjusts Greenland ice cover from 1999 to new Green 2011 levels Miniatyr Maldives under-water cabinet meeting - Political PR stagecraft at its best, Maldives builds 11 new airports for future turists - wetsuits not included Josh's Times Atlas new map of the world Times Altas can't read satellite images of Greenland BEST is best at hiding the decline Josh's BEST cooling Climate Scientists UIUC_Antarctic_Amolaies_Since_2007 UIUC_Arctic_Anomalies_Since_2007 HidingEnvisat http://www.agu.org/journals/gl/gl1114/2011GL047711/2011gl047711-op01-tn-350x.jpg The Delinquent Teenager Who Was Mistaken for the World's Top Climate Expert Donna http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/evidence-based-education/ http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/evidence-based-education/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:34:12 +0000 Brady Caldwell http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/?p=4078 Continue reading →]]> http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/evidence-based-education/feed/ 3 skepticalswedishscientists The Food Pyramid 1992 My Pyramid released in 2005 My Plate vs Their Plate My chocolate cake Plate Izabella Scorupco - 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1am 10 July 2011 Miniatyr http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/the-pretense-of-knowledge/ http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/the-pretense-of-knowledge/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 01:01:08 +0000 Brady Caldwell http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/?p=3876 Continue reading →]]> http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/06/27/the-pretense-of-knowledge/feed/ 1 skepticalswedishscientists The Great Game - Reason vs Emotion and Hayek vs Keynes Gut vs Head VIDEO - Hayek vs Keynes Part 1 VIDEO - Economist talks about Hayek vs Keynes video VIDEO: Producer talks about the Hayek vs Keynes video Economist Magazine conference Our brains evolved for an african savannah ape-human species Ape-Human brains in modern society Overdose - The Next Financial Crisis http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/sun-sun-sun/ http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/sun-sun-sun/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:51:18 +0000 Brady Caldwell http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/?p=3776 Continue reading →]]> http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/06/21/sun-sun-sun/feed/ 9 skepticalswedishscientists MUSIC - Mark Lynas sees clearly now The Greens have gone. VIDEO - Welcome to The Party, Mark NASA Video commentary of Spectacular solar flare - 7 June 2011 VIDEO - Spectacular Solar Flare - 7 June 2011 Sunspots fading Early Solar Cycle 25 activity still missing Rush-to-the-Poles sunspots missing for Solar Cycles 25 Livingstone and Penn to 2011 - brighter outer sunspot umbra and lower inner sunspot magnetic fields Sunspot magnetic field strength decreasing Mark Lynas in the Skeptic trenches Green Energy Report future Miniatyr http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/ecole-enamoured-ecology-ethics/ http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/ecole-enamoured-ecology-ethics/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 22:10:38 +0000 Brady Caldwell http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/?p=3686 Continue reading →]]> http://skepticalswedishscientists.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/ecole-enamoured-ecology-ethics/feed/ 3 skepticalswedishscientists UK students to get back to real science and stop climate change lesson and other topical issues Lgr 11 The new Swedish school curriculum How environmentalists see humans Green Party Politics Biosphere 2 green house 1988 - ended in failure 1920s Arthur Tansley invented the idea of the world's balanced Ecosystems, all in equilibrium. 1920s Field Marshal Jan Smuts invented the British-Empire-like idea of Holism, a world system of Wholes that would only stabilise if all were in their right places. 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