WEF Climate change: Tipping point risks
Climate change is not just slow gradual warming. We face huge tipping point risks. Understanding risk motivates us to take meaningful action
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Should you be worried about Ouija boards?
Stories about the danger of Ouija boards are once again circulating. What is the evidence of harm, what do we actually know?
Do Cell Phones cause Cancer?
Over the years various health-scare stories have popped up regarding the supposed dangers of cell-phone radiation causing cancer. This plays very much into the observation that literally billions of humans now use cell phones and so if the danger is real then that is something that we should not only understand but come to terms … Read more
Why is having a gun in your home a really really bad idea?
On a business trip to the US, I was invited by one chap into his home, and at some point the topic of guns came up. Not being a US citizen, he was curious to solicit my views. He was clearly pro-gun and had some rather strong ideas, and so being a polite guest I … Read more
The true impact of Ashley Madison data leak … is really really bad.
I was blogging yesterday about the Ashley Madison data leak, and was also beginning to ponder the thought that it really is not something to laugh about or endorse in any way simply because it exposed some rather glaring religious hypocrisy, and so in that context something additional has popped up that re-enforces that thought. … Read more