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I remember reading an essay - I think it was by Paul Feyerabend - that argued against holding science in a higher esteem that other methods of reasoning. I was angry with the article at the time. To me, a recent science graduate, it was as if he was kicking the world I knew from under my feet. He seemed to argue that science isn't important. It's taken me a couple of years to get, but I think I understand a bit what he was on about. I vaguely remember the phrase scientism  being bandied about in the article. As I remember, scientism is essentially the belief that science holds all of the answers. Thinking about it now, Mr Feyerabend was not arguing against science but against scientism. And this is something I think I understand now. Cryptic research notes A project at work There's an ongoing project at work with the goal of making our website easier for the people who use it to find the information they are looking for. Technically this is a really easy projec...

The Kiss&Tell podcast ( Episode 1 , Episode 2 , Episode 3 , Episode 4 ) was a lot of fun to make! And now I want to set up another fun podcast. This time I want others to help make it. In fact, they wouldn't even be helping me  make it – they would be planning, recording and producing their very own podcast themselves. Get ready to record the world! "What is this grand scheme of yours, Andy?" I hear you asking. A themed, monthly series of podcasts! The plan is to set up a blog that allows a group to post their productions based on the theme from that month. This is a lot like the BBC's ' We set the theme, you take the pictures '. Basically, we will pick some topics for podcasts – with a different topic each month. Whoever wants to do a podcast on that subject can then do what ever they want. Literally, what ever they want . It could be a radio drama, a documentary, a comedy, some vox pops, an interview, a monologue, a poem, a pane...