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Todd Suomela

TPM: The Philosophers' Magazine | Philosophy as complementary science - 1 views

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    "Let me now express my position more clearly and systemically: philosophy of science can seek to generate scientific knowledge in places where science itself fails to do so; I call this the complementary function of philosophy of science, as opposed to its descriptive and prescriptive functions. I propose taking the philosophy of science as a field which investigates scientific questions that are not addressed in current specialist science - questions that could be addressed by scientists, but are excluded due to the necessities of specialization."
Todd Suomela

Why I spoofed science journalism | Martin Robbins | Science | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

  • What's wrong with science journalism? How did it become so dull and predictable? And how do we fix it?My point was really about predictability and stagnation. The formula I outlined – using a few randomly picked BBC science articles as a guide – isn't necessarily an example of bad journalism; butscience reporting is predictable enough that you can write a formula for it that everyone recognises, and once the formula has been seen it's very hard to un-see, like a faint watermark at the edge of your vision.
Todd Suomela

ISHPSSB - 0 views

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    The International Society for History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB) brings together scholars from diverse disciplines, including the life sciences as well as history, philosophy, and social studies of science. ISHPSSB summer meetings are known for innovative, transdisciplinary sessions, and for fostering informal, co-operative exchanges and on-going collaborations.
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Scientists track falling satellite expected to hit Earth this week | Science | guardian... - 0 views

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    Nasa estimates the odds of someone being struck by a falling part of the spacecraft at one in 3,200
Todd Suomela

Islamic science and the long siesta Robert Irwin TLS - 0 views

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    He has an agreeably caustic and aggressive approach to outdated and erroneous ideas about the history of science. The book is a polemical essay, rather than a history, and welcome as such.
Todd Suomela

The BBC Trust Report on Science | through the looking glass - 0 views

  • Aside from questions over appropriateness of expertise being a rather slippery issue, there is very little information given about the expertise of a speaker. We found lot of reliance on phrases such as ‘scientists have found’ and ‘experts say’. Personally I think we need to address this issue before we can even get on to matters of whether experts are the right ones or not. Although expertise may be implied through editing, and TV in particular can flag up institutional association and title, we rarely saw a contributor’s disciplinary background specified. Especially significant I thought, in broadcast reports about new research we found little explicit reference to whether or not a particular contributor was involved in the research being reported (online reports often refer to someone as ‘lead author’ or ‘co-author’). This lack of definition makes it hard for audiences to judge a contributor’s independence, whether they are speaking on a topic they have studied in depth or if they are simply working from anecdote.
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Scientists invent first male contraceptive pill - Telegraph - 0 views

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    Scientists have developed the worlds male alternative to the female contraceptive pill.
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STEPHEN HAWKING: How to build a time machine | Mail Online - 0 views

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    All you need is a wormhole, the Large Hadron Collider or a rocket that goes really, really fast.
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