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Tim Palmer
Tim Palmer is an internationally renowned meteorologist and Professor at the University of Oxford. He works on the tough, crucial problems of uncertainty in our weather and climate, drawing on his background in fundamental physics to do so. He was appointed as CBE in the 2015 New Year’s Honours list for services to science and has won numerous other awards in recognition of his world-leading work.
Tim Palmer is an internationally renowned meteorologist and Professor at the University of Oxford. He works on the tough, crucial problems of uncertainty in our weather and climate, drawing on his background in fundamental physics to do so. He was appointed as CBE in the 2015 New Year’s Honours list for services to science and has won numerous other awards in recognition of his world-leading work.
Tim Palmer Videos
The oldest gods
Should we return to the gods of nature?
The values and prejudices of science
The place of values in science
World history and the population crisis
Is population decline a bad thing?
Science alone won't solve climate change
Tackling the climate emergency
The science of uncertainty with Tim Palmer
Uncertainty as the essence of understanding
Tim Palmer Articles
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The Agony & the Ecstasy
Is pain a necessary part of human experience?
The Problem of Evil
Does 'evil' exist?
Morality of the Tribe
Should and can we treat all people equally?
The Lure of Lucifer
Why do we love Evil?
Our Sins and Our Selves
Should we embrace our inconsistency?
The Mystery of the Good
Is morality relative or absolute?
The Really Real
Is absolute right and wrong a fantasy?
The Good, The Bad, and the Controversial
Is morality simply prejudice?
Rethinking Feminism
Is there a universal goal for women's rights?
Being Human and Being Good
Is morality relative?
Why Philosophy Won't Go Away
Rebecca Goldstein | Plato in the Age of Google
Is Religion Dangerous?
Faith - The Problem or The Solution
After Buddhism
What could secular Buddhism bring the West?
The Last Taboo
Paedophilia, innocence and morality
Doing Right and Feeling Good
Is morality about thinking or feeling?
Thinking Good and Doing Evil
Is belief in any morality dangerous?
On Evil
How do we explain our fascination with evil?
Trouble with Heaven
Why does the dark and the dangerous attract us?
On Humans and Animals
Peter Singer and Mary Midgley on what's next for animal rights
Dancing with the Devil
Can and should art be moral? Our controversial panel confront the darkness.
Rethinking Science and Spirituality
Rupert Sheldrake | They complement each other
Can Animals Be Moral?
Reason and the Gods
What do secular and religious worldviews share?
New Gods
Do we need religion? And if so, why?
The Fountain
Morality and Mindfulness
Vishvapani Blomfield | Can meditation fix ethics?
How to See Things Clearly
Overcoming Wilful Blindness | Margaret Heffernan
The Death of God and the War On Terror
Secularism versus religious fundamentalism
Ethics, Darwin and Dante
The assumptions behind moral beliefs
Good and Evil Around the Globe
Is morality rooted in culture? | Joel Robbins
Belief and the Gods
Is the divine a fantasy?
The Myth of Being Happy
We should give up on the obsession with happiness
Science and Religion
Can science and religion coexist?
In Place of Prejudice
Can rationality provide a basis for morality?
Death and the Human Animal
Is the quest for immortality a fool's errand?
God is an Orgasm
Of Lies and Necessity
Is honesty a fantasy?
Return of the Pagans
Does paganism offer a new haven for spirituality?
Moral Animals and Our Place in the Universe
Are good and evil unique to humans?
The Point of It All
Where should we turn to find meaning?
The Age of Nothing
The consequences of the decline of faith
The Banality of Evil
Nature versus nurture
Life's Secret
Purpose and the Pursuit of Happiness
Beyond Good and Evil II
Is morality instinctual?
True to Myself
Morality, virtues & consequences
A Tale of Love and Hate
Are love and hate inextricably linked?
Competition versus Cooperation
Can we survive and succed without competition?
Morality, Cruelty and Freedom
Attitudes towards animal suffering
In the Beginning was Nature
Spirtuality and the environment
Purity and Dirt
Uncovering the significance of cleanliness
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Tipping points and the Earth's system
Human history in the age of the Anthropocene
Could blockchain end big tech?
Nature is not a resource for humans
The dangers of Zuckerberg's metaverse
The new science of extreme weather
AI is turning us into machines
Neurons in a dish learn to play Pong
How technology will revolutionise relationships
We should all be worried about synthetic data
Google's AI is not sentient. Not even slightly
The AI containment problem
Technological determinism is wrong
The dangers of science behind closed doors
Why electric cars are a mistake
Why we have the future of AI wrong
Why AI must learn to forget
All-knowing machines are a fantasy
AI may need sleep too
The lunacy of 'machine consciousness'
'Machine consciousness' is not lunacy
The end of astronauts
Machine Life
Google, Amazon and Plato’s Cave
The culture of bees and the AI apocalypse
AI and the end of reason
Controlling the threats from AI
AI, Moloch, and the race to the bottom
Stem cells: the hype and the dangerous reality
Ancient traits in modern life