Richard Feynman was one of the greatest scientists of the 20th Centaury. He died in 1988 but I remember that his books and interviews were a huge influence on my early life. Here we have a brief explanation from Richard Feynman regarding science and the uncertainty of knowledge. Article by Kulvinder Singh Matharu – 2010
Stumbled across this interview with Ben Goldacre in his badscience blog article. Ben provides a way of cutting swathes of nonsense one increasingly hears in the media these days. Of particular note, his quote at about 5 minutes 50 seconds regarding the BBC’s once respected “Horizon” science programmes as “Horizon going to nonsense” resonated with my [...]
Just read this article at richarddawkins.net showing an uncut interview of Ian McEwan from Richard Dawkin’s Channel 4 TV program ‘The Root of All Evil?’. Ian McEwan is a very polite and fiercely intelligent person. He earns respect. In many ways he reminds me of Dr Jonathan Miller. I’ve reposted the YouTube clip of the interview here, [...]
