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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2008-05-11 Secrets of the immune system
Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, May 11, 2008
To mark World Day of Immunology, which is held on April 29 each year, Professor Alan Baxter, President of the Australasian Society for Immunology, explains how our immune system works.
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2008-05-04 A challenge to global warming orthodoxies - part two
Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, May 04, 2008
In part two of his talk about global warming Professor Don Aitkin explores why the issue of global warming is such a difficult one.
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2008-04-27 A challenge to global warming orthodoxies - part one
Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Apr 27, 2008
Professor Don Aitkin, former Vice Chancellor at the University of Canberra, delves into the question of global warming to see what's at the heart of it.
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2008-04-20 Ventriloquism, lip reading and left and right
Author: ABC Radio National
Sun, Apr 20, 2008
As a young child Professor John Bradshaw from the Department of Psychology at Monash University, was fascinated by the Punch and Judy puppet plays and the very convincing ventriloquistic effects. This later led him to research how we hear - is it the left side of the brain or the right side that dominates our auditory signals? And do mouth movement asymmetries impact on our ability to lip read?
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2002
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