The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and its latest report The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report came out on Monday. This post includes…
The final solution - Renaud Miailhe An essay on biotechnology, its ideological precursors and its disastrous implications, with discussions of eugenics, futurism, fantasies of space…
Midnight in the century: notes against progress - Miguel Amorós An examination of the history and significance of the concept of “progress”, its origins as an…
Socially-responsible scientists or soldier-technicians? - Solidarity 'Socially-Responsible Scientists or Soldier-Technicians?', a working class critique of scientists at…
Scepticism, class, and the 'New Atheists' With's Chomsky's appearance on a 'skeptic' podcast and in light of the recent comments by Dawkins and the reaction to them, including JK's blog…
Chomsky and the evolution of language Noam Chomsky recently appeared on the Skeptically Speaking podcast to discuss the evolution of language. This got me thinking about the…
I.Q tests: Building blocks for the new class system Chomsky's response to Richard Herrnstein's views on intelligence and IQ. Originally appeared in Ramparts July 1972.
The progress of domestication - René Riesel René Riesel’s reflections on the anti-GMO sabotage campaigns of 1998-2001 in France, the subsequent responses of the supporters of GMO research,…
L'Aquila's earthquake trial: scientists as politicians' puppets Current news headlines in Italy concern the 6-year prison sentence given to seven scientists and…
'How Noam Chomsky’s World Works', by David Hawkes Noam Chomsky's political writings are extremely useful for any understanding of the crimes of US imperialism. But his scientific work, whose…
Interview - Los Amigos de Ludd A 2006 interview with the Spanish group, Los Amigos de Ludd, that published a journal of the same name until 2006, on leftism, environmentalism,…
