Here is Sunday’s episode of “Life Matters” on RTÉ Radio 1, which features (among many luminaries) none other than yours truly. Entitled The God of Aliens, the programme addresses those famous bedfellows, science and religion. It’s all a very interesting package and I encourage you to give it a listen (don’t worry, […]
Other Bits
Eclipsetography 101
As you are quite possibly aware, today was #eclipse2015 day. In fact, today’s was one of the “best solar eclipses in years“, according to BBC News. I’m sure the eclipse must be proud of itself — well done, eclipse! I won’t bore you with explanations of what eclipses are or […]
“The Point of Psychology (and How it Gets Missed)”: Director’s cut
Okay, the official movie — featuring full slides and audio — has been made… Thanks to Chris Noone for the soundtrack (from the official PSI EGG talking-head version); background to the keynote as per here and here. As a reminder, the audience was a national conference of early career psychology graduates, the conference theme […]
Regarding the point of psychology…
Here are the slides from my talk at the PSI Early Graduate Group conference yesterday. The theme of the conference was ‘The Place of Psychology’ so I fashioned a talk entitled ‘The Point of Psychology (And How it Gets Missed)’. You may recall me giving you the abstract for it before. Huh? What’s […]
Where Waldo is (or, The science behind why journalists now think there is a science to be had behind everything)
The challenge: You know the drill. Waldo appears in different places in different scenes. There are 68 locations, therefore 68 places. The simulation: Let’s pretend Waldo is not a guy in a crowd but a dot on a page. The problem: There are 68 dots representing possible Waldo locations. You must find the […]
Surprisingly, *all* these news stories are genuine
Check out the Siberian Times. Actually not a satirical website… TL;DR The News #1. People illegally smuggle a 200-year-old mummified monk out of Mongolia. They tell the cops the guy is still alive and simply meditating. An “expert” agrees with them. Expert is this guy. #2. A jail is named Russia’s best place to […]




