Why we fear the coronavirus more than climate change
Over the last couple of weeks, my Twitter feed has had plenty of "why are we happy to disrupt daily life over the coronavirus, but...
Why don’t people ‘get’ climate change? Because we’re only human…
Sep 30, 2015
I like George Monbiot – he's decent, principled and thorough – but I often disagree with the tenor of his arguments. Today he complained that...
Why "irrational" fear is completely rational
Jul 28, 2010
I'm a engineer by training, and I was taught that: risk = probability of something going wrong x resulting impact of that event There's a...