Monthly Archives: June 2009
Indifferentialism
The Sensuous Curmudgeon has a new (old) take on the accommodationism debate: indifference. To quote him/her/them: Our position is to totally disregard what we consider to be a sectarian disagreement among various denominations about whether scripture should be read in … Continue reading
Filed under General Science, Humor, Religion, Science
Science in the “dark ages”
God struck down my internet last night, or I’d have posted this sooner: Thony Christie, who has guest blogged here, now has his own blog, The Renaissance Mathematicus. Responding to a comment on the Accommodationism thread, Thony takes down the … Continue reading
Filed under General Science, History, Philosophy, Religion, Science
Bones of the founder of Christianity confirmed
The bones are likely to be Paul’s, says the Pope. Who did you think I was talking about?
The Overton Window
In comments in the Accommodationism thread, read HP mentioned The Overton Window. Here’s Bill Maher with a perfect example: [brightcove vid=27017295001&exp3=6555681001&surl=http://c.brightcove.com/services&pubid=769341148&w=300&h=225]
Filed under Media, Politics, Social evolution
Book review
A guest review by Richard Harter, a member of the Talk.Origins Old Ones… The Medea Hypothesis, Is Life on Earth Ultimately Self-Destructive?, Peter Ward, 2009, Princeton University Press, Princeton New Jersey, ISBN-13: 978-0-691-13075-0
Filed under Book, Ecology and Biodiversity, Evolution, General Science
The great accommodationism debate
I’ve stayed away from the current round of accusations and counteraccusations about accomodationism between religion and science. This is because I am a wishy washy Chamberlainist fencesitting Laodicean. But I am impressed by a few bloggers’ posts on the matter. … Continue reading
Filed under Censorship, Education, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Science, Sermon
On speciation
The Atavism has some thoughts on speciation in response to a high school teacher’s query. He uses the following nice diagram to indicate what some of the core species definitions mean: It’s neat, and therefore… wrong. By which I mean … Continue reading
Filed under Ecology and Biodiversity, Evolution, Humor, Species and systematics, Systematics
Not Good Ideas #1
Yeah, like this isn’t going to end with Jeff Goldblum in the back of an SUV running away very quickly…
Filed under History, Technology
