Lecturer in Critical Thinking, The University of Queensland
Director of the University of Queensland Critical Thinking Project and lecturer in critical thinking in the school of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry. Degree in Education and post graduate degree in Philosophy. Master of Contemporary Science from the ANU. Former Head of Experimental Science at the Queensland Academy of Science, Mathematics and Technology.
How do you know that what you know is true? That's epistemology
Aug 07, 2017 07:15 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
How do you know what the weather will be like tomorrow? How do you know how old the Universe is? How do you know if you are thinking rationally? These and other questions of the how do you know? variety are the business...
Film festival reveals the passion, emotion and disappointment that can come with science
Jun 13, 2017 16:05 pm UTC| Science Entertainment
The International Science Film Festival SCINEMA is currently screening in Australia, and presents science features, shorts, documentaries, animated and experimental productions from filmmakers around the world. I...
Facts are not always more important than opinions: here's why
Apr 18, 2017 06:02 am UTC| Insights & Views
Which is more important, a fact or an opinion on any given subject? It might be tempting to say the fact. But not so fast… Lately, we find ourselves lamenting the post-truth world, in which facts seem no more...
What exactly is the scientific method and why do so many people get it wrong?
Sep 15, 2016 17:17 pm UTC| Science
Claims that the the science isnt settled with regard to climate change are symptomatic of a large body of ignorance about how science works. So what is the scientific method, and why do so many people, sometimes...
Why there's so little real argument in today's political debate
May 30, 2016 04:20 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Some of the critics who watched Australias political leaders go head-to-head during Sundays federal election debate were not impressed by what they saw. Dour and pedestrian wrote one, full of carefully scripted answers...
There’s an extra $1 billion on the table for NT schools. This could change lives if spent well