Reading for Battle

Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.

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Science & Environment

The Magic Kingdom could save Venice from destruction
If Venice were owned by the Disney Corporation, Venice would not be in peril.
John Kay, Financial TImes, 13 June 2006

Hand of God, mind of man: punishment and cognition in the evolution of cooperation
The evolution of human cooperation remains a puzzle because cooperation persists even in conditions that rule out mainstream explanations.
Dominic Johnson & Jesse Bering, Evolutionary Psychology, 21 March 2006

Intelligent design and educational stupidity
David Perks, spiked, 13 March 2006

Toxic China?
Western critics cite China's environmental record as an excuse for attacking economic growth.
Kirk Leech, spiked, 7 March 2006

Earth is too crowded for Utopia
If the size of the human "footprint" is taken to be a serious problem then a rational view would be that along with a raft of measures to reduce the footprint per person, the issue of population management must be addressed.
Professor Chris Rapley, BBC News, 5 January 2006

What do we want from science?
Science has been devalued and dethroned. It has lost its unique role for the human species in delivering knowledge to transform and develop our status on planet earth
Thomas Deichmann, Battles in Print, 2005

Hard Science
David Perks, spiked, 29 November 2005

China: threat or opportunity?
The rise of China could be good for the West, if only it would rise to the challenge.
Sheila Lewis, spiked, 13 October 2005

Singer on ‘speciesism’: a specious argument
Helene Guldberg, spiked, 28 July 2005

The dangers of climate change
Outgoing Director of the British Antarctic Survey, Professor Chris Rapley, discusses the scientific evidence linking warming in the Antarctic peninsula to human activity
Professor Chris Rapley, Global Public Media, 22 June 2005


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