But it’s heavily diluted, so just think of it as homeopathy.
Category: Latest News
Welcome to our archive of news stories relevant to the project of fighting fashionable nonsense. The stories are drawn from the electronic pages of the world’s media. On this page, you’ll find links to those stories that have been featured on Butterflies and Wheels during the current year. At the bottom of the page, you’ll find links to separate archives of stories from previous years.
We’re always pleased to hear about news stories that you think should be featured on Butterflies and Wheels. Just send an email here, if you want to point one out to us.
A note about links
Inevitably links go out of date. We suggest, therefore, that you make hard-copies of the stories that particularly interest you.
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European Secularism is the Enemy
‘We are a menace to Al Qaeda just because of who we are.’
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Idleness is Good
People who work too hard don’t think. So there.
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More Cells in the Brain Than Stars in the Sky
Gerald Edelman on consciousness.
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Carlin Romano on Lichtenberg
A spy on humanity.
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Terry Eagleton Sounding Like a Neocon Pundit?!
‘In his view, we have nothing to lose but our postmodernism.’
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Porn Studs and the Job Market
Sure studying dirty movies is enlightening but will the kid be able to get a job?
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Smorgasbord or Prix Fixe?
Quantity or quality, breadth or depth, freedom or discipline? The quandaries of higher education.
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True Lies and the Quest for ‘Authenticity’
Yes the difference between truth and fiction does matter. (Despite provenance of site.)
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Book About Honour Killing is a Fake
Has ruined cause of fighting ‘honour’ killing, Rana Husseini says.
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BBC Favourite Blogs Thing
Okay so there’s one obvious omission here. Okay two.
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British Council Investigates Columnist
Pseudonymous writer criticised Islam in Telegraph, could be Council employee. Naughty.
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Martha Nussbaum on Disgust
Have we sufficiently investigated the thoughts involved in shame and disgust?
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Gribbin Reviews Penrose
No specialist knowledge needed – any more than to do a PhD on string theory.
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Sidney Morgenbesser 1921-2004
‘Why is there something not nothing?’ ‘Even if there were nothing, you’d still be complaining.’
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Reading is Risky
People read to remake themselves, Mark Edmundson says.
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‘Science isn’t the only way to truth’
Right, because there are Other Ways of Knowing, all of them wrong.
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Is Prince Charles Bad For People’s Health?
New study finds people may be sentencing themselves to death by choosing alternative therapies.
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UK Universities Give Degrees to Failing Students
‘Science graduates who cannot do what their certificate implies are potentially dangerous.’
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Wishful Thinking
Hoaxes are swallowed by people who want them to be true.