Ockham's Razor Podcast
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William of Ockham was an English monk, philosopher, theologian, who provided the scientific method with its key principle 700 years ago. 'What can be done with fewer assumptions is done in vain with more,' he said. That is, in explaining any phenomenon, we should use no more explanatory concepts than are absolutely necessary. Simplicity should never be despised. Thoughtful people have their say, without interruption, on important science-related topics.
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How Australia changed old money for new
Sun, Feb 12, 2012
On 14th February, 1966, Australia changed to a decimal currency. Writer and social historian Robin Robertson takes us back to that time with some amusing anecdotes of how the population felt about this change.
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Distillation
Sun, Feb 05, 2012
Trevor McAllister, a retired chemist from Melbourne, discusses the history of whiskey distillation in Ireland.
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Problems with desalination plants
Sun, Jan 29, 2012
According to journalist Ken Davidson from Melbourne, desalination plants are not only outrageously expensive, but also threaten the environment and our health.
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Measures of leadership: Reflections on Robert S. McNamara
Sun, Jan 22, 2012
Professor Mark Dodgson from the University of Queensland Business School, talks about the career and personality of Robert Strange McNamara, who also served as US Secretary of Defense in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
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Nuclear power - exploding the myths
Sun, Jan 15, 2012
Terry Krieg, a retired school teacher from Port Lincoln in South Australia, looks at some of the myths surrounding the use of nuclear power.
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Dirt
Sun, Jan 08, 2012
Jill, Duchess of Hamilton, wonders why dirt has such a bad name and the word is often used in a derogatory and negative way. In this talk she puts in the good word for dirt.
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There's a quiet revolution going on in the social sciences
Sun, Jan 01, 2012
Professor Ian Wilkinson from the University of Sydney Business School talks about building models, using a computer, to manage future possible events in science and the social sciences. The co-author of this talk is Dr David Earnest from the Old Dominion University in Virginia, USA.
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Why is science such a worry?
Sun, Dec 18, 2011
Dr John Kirk, a former CSIRO plant biochemist from New South Wales, asks what it is that science asks us to believe about the nature of physical and biological reality. Are there some beliefs which science tells us we should abandon? And is science, with its discoveries and resulting technologies, and its particular way of looking at the world, really - as some environmentalists seem to believe - the ultimate source of the environmental problems of the planet?
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I am a mutant
Sun, Dec 11, 2011
Dr Alan Baxter from the Comparative Genomics Centre at James Cook University in Townsville, Northern Queensland, discusses his life as a mutant.
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Science and communication in the information age
Sun, Dec 04, 2011
Denis Cryle, who is Professor in Communication and Media Studies at Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, tells us how the technology of communication has changed over the years.
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A question of collaboration
Sun, Nov 27, 2011
Sydney author Peter Macinnis is fascinated by the 19th century. Today he discusses the science and technology predictions of that era and tells us his vision of the future.
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Lathered up about CO2
Sun, Nov 20, 2011
Howard Morrison is an energy consultant, a hands on adviser to architects and engineers and today he joins the debate about how we can reduce our CO2 emissions. He also questions the efficiency of our energy system.
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Epileptic seizures - turmoil hidden from view
Sun, Nov 13, 2011
Melbourne author Suzanne Yanko has written a self-published book called Epilepsy in the Family. She talks about different types of epilepsy, in particular, complex-partial seizures and how they often go unrecognised, despite the strange sensations experienced by those who have temporal lobe epilepsy.
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Mulling up Cannabis and psychosis
Sun, Nov 06, 2011
Psychiatrist Dr Matthew Large, Clinical Senior Lecturer in the School of Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales, responds to an earlier Ockham's Razor talk by author Dr John Jiggens, which was broadcast on 28 August, 2011.
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