DR. RACHAEL L. BROWN

Dr. Rachael L. Brown

Philosopher of Biology and Cognitive Science
rachael.brown@anu.edu.au
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  • The P-Value: thep-value.buzzsprout.com

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WRITING
  • “3 fallacies that blighted this year’s COVID commentary — have you fallen foul of any of them?” The Conversation. December 29, 2020.
    • Has been accessed more than 40,000 times
  • ”Scientific Modelling is steering our response to coronavirus. But what is Scientific Modelling?” The Conversation. April 9, 2020.


RADIO INTERVIEWS
“Exploring Consciousness” Panel discussion on the nature of consciousness and how we understand it
  • 23/08/20: God Forbid, ABC Radio National. Link to audio.
“The Myth of Value Free Science”
  • 15/07/20: ABC South East NSW Breakfast.
“Better safe than sorry? The challenge of incorporating new evidence of invertebrate and fish pain into our animal welfare legislation”
  • 17/06/20: ABC South East NSW Breakfast. Link to audio.
“What are scientific models?”
  • 11/05/20: Counterpoint with Amanda Vanstone, ABC Radio National. Link to audio. 
  • 08/04/20: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
“Science or Pseudoscience?”
  • 11/03/20: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
“The secret(s) of our success: The role of intelligence in human evolution”
  • 09/10/19: ABC South East NSW Breakfast. Link to audio. 
“Why did Grandmothering evolve?” 
  • 11/9/19: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
“What is creativity?”
  • 28/9/19: ABC South East NSW Breakfast.
“Revolutions & Trust in Science” (with Adrian Currie and Kirsten Walsh – Exeter)
  • 31/07/19: ABC South East NSW Breakfast. Link to Audio
“Were ancient humans as smart as us?”
  • 03/07/19: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
“Misinformation in the information age” (with Cailin O’Connor and James Weatherall – UCI)
  • 19/06/19: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
“Brains in Vats?”
  • 05/06/19: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
“Science of Animal Welfare” (with Heather Browning – ANU)
  • 08/05/19: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
“Robot carers”
  • 24/04/19: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
“Insectageddon? Biodiversity, why care?”
  • 10/04/19: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
“Animal Cultures?”
  • 27/03/19: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
“Geoengineering: Planetary saviour or disaster?”
  • 27/2/19: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
“Thylacine genetic diversity and conservation ethics”
  • 13/12/17: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
“Memory and Extended Cognition”
  • 29/11/17: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
  • 29/11/17: ABC Canberra Drive
  • 30/11/17: ABC Perth Breakfast
“Ethics of Genetic Testing and Insurance”
  • 15/11/17: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
“Big Gods and the Evolution of Religion”
  • 01/11/17: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
“Are fish sentient? What if they are?”
  • 18/10/17: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
“Cultural Evolution”
  • 20/09/17: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
“Launch of Centre for Philosophy of the Sciences”
  • 06/09/17: ABC South East NSW Breakfast
  • 08/08/17: ABC Canberra Drive


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