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Preparing for Future Catastrophes

by Len Fisher | 1 Feb 2013 | Planning for Life's Crises: Media and Writing, Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing

International Risk Governance Council Report, February 2013 (http://www.irgc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CN_Prep.-for-Future-Catastrophes_final_11March13.pdf ) Executive Summary: Many of the serious problems that we face today follow a similar pattern, where the...

Letter to Guardian re “faster-then-light” neutrinos

by Len Fisher | 26 Nov 2011 | Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing

Guardian, 26.11.11 A well-known scientist had suggested that he would eat his boxer shorts if this “discovery” turned out to be true (it didn’t). In my letter I suggested how the shorts could best be cooked if they need to be eaten.

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