Professor Brian Blais' Blog

So I am trying out wordpress as an alternative to blogger. My new blog is here: http://brianblais.wordpress.com/ The primary reason I...

J J Abrams, the creator of the television show “Lost”, gives a Ted talk where he suggests that sometimes mystery is more important than kno...

In a prior post I criticize an article on climate which states that current climate models ignore the effect of conduction (i.e. direct con...

I was just directed to this announcement concerning an NSF survey on science literacy. The bottom line is that the NSF is deciding to chan...

So this morning I got a strong criticism of my post, “The Not-so-Hidden Flaw in this Climate Argument” , which itself is a criticism of some...

So I read with some interest an article by Adam Frank espousing the idea of removing the benefits of science from those who deny science. ...

My blog has been languishing for a bit, so I hope to bring it back and be a bit more active. Someone recently made a comment that they thoug...