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This blog is about science and science journalism: good, bad, and bogus. While most of the posts are about bad and bogus science and science writing, I try to find the time to reflect on good examples too.

I am a freelance science writer and I teach philosophy at the University of Sydney.

You can read more about the blog and me here.

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- Can unconscious brains think? Coma, philosophy of mind, and the media

- Actually, maybe economists did prove money can buy happiness…

- Blair fails Philosophy of Science 101

- Economists (don’t) prove that money can buy you happiness… And news outlets prove they’re crap.

- Anti-scientific “scepticism”? Climate change, smoking, and astrology

- Bogus Science Reporting: Herald-Sun tells you to take your condom off… for her happiness