2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission

Is too much pounding the table the problem with science today?

4 August 2024 / 12 Comments

“Science requires open debate. It does not advance by consensus or political pressure”.

What is science

“The scientific method requires scientists to test all theories. Science progresses not by claiming a theory is true but by proving a theory is false”.

I will start this essay by clarifying what science is not.

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A Charred landscape

13 October 2022 / 11 Comments

“The dead ash forests reach starkly towards the sky like sentinels bearing witness to the holocaust just past, and those who love the bush are heavy hearted because this may be only the beginning of what is yet to come.” David Treasure, 2007[1]

Since 1939, the high-country forests in Victoria were relatively free of devastating wildfires.… Read more