Monthly Archives: March 2009
Off to the US
I have to say goodbye for the moment. I am about to leave on a promotional tour of the book. When I first started this, the publishers asked me to keep a blog. For the life of me, I could … Continue reading
Filed under General Thoughts
Did Charles Take Another Tinkle Before Blast-Off?
Billionaire software magnate, Charles Simonyi, took his second flight into space yesterday on a $35m trip to the International Space Station. He is likely to be the last space tourist for a while as they plan to increase the capacity … Continue reading
Filed under In the News
SuperSense on Authors on Air
On April 7th (the day my book comes out!) at 3pm EST / 12 noon PST / 8pm GMT, I’ll be making a special appearance on the HarperCollins Author on Air TOP SHELF show. For about 45 minutes I will … Continue reading
Filed under General Thoughts, In the News, Radio
First Major Review of SuperSense!
Over the coming weeks, I will not be able to blog as much as I would wish because I am off to the US to begin my promotion for the book. This has been an awful period of waiting with … Continue reading
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A Master’s Degree In….. Creationism
Well, those of us in higher science education have long known that standards have been slipping for some time but this latest move from the creationists takes this beyond belief. Actually beyond belief and well into faith. Texas State Representative … Continue reading
Filed under atheism, In the News
Scottish UFO Confirmed
I am just working my way through Jon Ronson’s book, “The Men Who Stare At Goats,” which is all about the wacky side of the US military who invested millions of dollars into SuperSense soldiers. The ‘First Earth Battalion’ were … Continue reading
Filed under In the News
German Blood Sausage
Two German Air Force sergeants are currently facing a court martial for preparing sausages made from their own blood based on one of their grandmother’s old recipes. According to the report, they had plans to develop a line of blood … Continue reading
Filed under Essentialism, Weird Story of the Week
How the Hell Did They Do That?
I am just back from my Cambridge conference and learned many amazing things from some incredible minds. But it was this demonstration shown by philosopher Simon Blackburn as an example of seeing is not believing that left me astounded. It … Continue reading
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You’ll Never Hear This Again Without Thinking Tuna
I have to go and strut my stuff at the Beliefs and Reason conference that I have organized in Trinity College, Cambridge. It is a major event for me as I have invited some of my personal heroes and the … Continue reading
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Obama Warns of Alien Invasion
With Bush, it was Zombies, but we now discover President Obama is similarly warning of invasion but this time from aliens. Canadian speech recognition expert and former CBS radio producer Jon Kelly has subjected a recording of Barack Obama’s inaugural address on the … Continue reading
Filed under Weird Story of the Week
