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Here are a few of Luke’s favourite blog posts.

The Fine-Tuning of the Universe for Intelligent Life

  • Comment on “Science Increasingly Makes the Case for God”
  • What to Read: The Fine-Tuning of the Universe for Intelligent life
  • Fine-Tuning and the Myth of “One variable at a time”
  • Not So Sharp: A Fine-Tuned Critique of Robert Klee
  • The Traps of WAP and SAP
  • In Defence of The Fine-Tuning of the Universe for Intelligent Life. A response to Victor Stenger’s reply to my fine-tuning paper.
  • Terms and Conditions – A Fine-Tuned Critique of Ikeda and Jefferys (Part 1)
    • What do you know? – A Fine-Tuned Critique of Ikeda and Jefferys (Part 2)
  • Probably Not – A Fine-Tuned Critique of Richard Carrier (Part 1)
    • What Chance Looks Like – A Fine-Tuned Critique of Richard Carrier (Part 2)
    • Christmas Tripe – A Fine-Tuned Critique of Richard Carrier (Part 3)
  • What Chances Me? A Fine Tuned Critique of Victor Stenger (Part 1)
    • No Faith In MonkeyGod: A Fine-Tuned Critique of Victor Stenger (Part 2)
  • Dirty Cheating Texan! A Fine-Tuned Critique of William Lane Craig (Part 1)
    • Is that really necessary? A Fine-Tuned Critique of William Lane Craig (Part 2)
  • The Shrinking Quarter: A Fine-Tuned Critique of Fred Adams
  • Fishing while the world burns: A Fine-Tuned Critique of P.Z. Myers
  • Of Credentials and Confusion: A Fine-Tuned Critique of Hector Avalos
  • Any Claim Will Do: A Fine-Tuned Critique of Hugh Ross
  • Are The Dice Loaded?

Science, History and Philosophy

  • Sean Carroll vs William Lane Craig: A Preview
    • Carroll vs. Craig (2): How to Debate WLC
    • Carroll vs. Craig (3): On Contingency
    • Did the Universe Have a Beginning? – Carroll vs Craig Review (Part 1)
    • Carroll’s five replies to the fine-tuning argument: Number 1
    • Carroll’s five replies to the fine-tuning argument: 1a. Aside on Naturalism
  • Neil deGrasse Tyson on Newton (Part 1)
    • Neil deGrasse Tyson on Newton (Part 2)
  • What Aristotle Got Right
  • A universe from nothing? What you should know before you hear the Krauss-Craig debate
  • Derren Brown doesn’t find God – Fear and Faith
  • Why science cannot explain why anything at all exists
  • The Universe you’ve read about: Solar Eclipses and the Numinous
  • Of Nothing, More Sweet Nothings …
  • Misunderstanding Michael Reiss
    • Harry Kroto and Michael Reiss

Astronomy, Cosmology and Physics

  • Doing cosmology with a brain
  • Deducing the Stars
  • Fun with Wind-Resistance (Part 1),
    Part 2
    ,
    Part 3
    ,
    Part 4
  • A Better Roller Coaster Simulator
  • Ivan Karamazov and Euclid
  • Popular Cosmology: what to read
  • Life, planets and the import/export business
  • Astronauts don’t float
  • Jumping in a falling lift
  • The LHC and the End of the World
  • Big Bad Black Holes
  • Did the universe just get less weird?
  • Getting your brain around the Universe
  • Special Relativity’s closet

Public Speaking for Scientists

  • 1: Introduction
  • 2: How Comedians Do It
  • 2a: Jokes
  • 3: How Political Leaders Do It
  • 4: How Social Activists Do It
  • 5: How Preachers Do It
  • 6: How Educators (should) Do It
  • 7: Powerpoint

Mathematics and Probability

  • 10 Nice things about Bayes’ theorem
    • Bayes’ Theorem: what is this “background information”?
    • Probability Myth: we’ve observed X, so the probability of X is one
    • Bayes’ Theorem: Certainty Starts in Here
    • Bayes’ Theorem: Ad Hoc-ness and Other Details
  • Classify or Measure?
  • Appealing to Authority: A User’s Guide
  • The Bayesian Utility of Derren Brown
  • What is Tuesday Boy telling us?
  • Losing on a Winner
  • The Surprise Quiz Paradox

Book Reviews

  • Bad Science, by Ben Goldacre
  • The Cosmic Landscape, by Leonard Susskind
  • Extreme Cosmos by Bryan Gaensler
  • The Decisive Moment, by Jonah Lehrer
  • God’s Philosophers, by James Hannam
  • Stalin – The Court of the Red Tsar, by Simon Sebag Montefiore
  • The Stars in Their Courses, by James Jeans
  • Why Evolution is True, by Jerry Coyne

Miscellany

  • Finding Science in the Bible
  • In Defence of Macksville
  • How I’d run the cricket world cup
  • Boltzmann, Philosopher
  • “We Did This To Ourselves”
  • The Placebo Effect: It’s All In Your Head
  • The Imperfection of the Musical Scale
  • The Early Bird Writes The Words
  • A Lesson in Neurology from Jimi Hendrix

Introduction to Batting in Cricket: Mechanics, Visual Strategy and Psychology

  • Batting 101: Don’t Watch The Ball
  • Batting 102: Visual Speedometer
  • Batting 103: Swing More Than The Bat
  • Batting 104: A Concentration Model
  • Batting 105: Don’t Think About It
  • Batting 106: How To Build A Routine

 

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