Monthly Archives: November 2009
Stupidity
Stupidity and Ignorance, Be you our buffers ’mid mischance; Endoctrine us to do your will, And other stupid people kill; Fool us with hope of Life to be, Great god to whom we bow the knee, —STUPIDITY. Stupidity, by … Continue reading
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A contrary view on Heidegger
At sp!ked review of books to balance out the previous one. Worth a read.
Filed under History
Darwin was not badly received by the church
Robert J. Berry is a geneticist at University College London. He is also an evangelical Christian and has written a number of works on the compatibility of religion (his kind, anyway) and evolution. He has a quite accurate letter in … Continue reading
What counts as “unique”?
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what makes something unique. Since Aristotle we have described something as unique if all its properties are special to it, but I don’t like property talk because I tend to think that it … Continue reading
Filed under Biology, Epistemology, Natural Classification, Philosophy, Science, Systematics
Computers aren’t science
As I read the science feeds for various sites, I am struck how often people are reporting on computers and computer techniques. News flash: Computers aren’t science, any more than glass blowing is chemistry or addition is physics. Computing is … Continue reading
Filed under General Science, Philosophy, Science, Sermon
Intelligent Design Explained
What do you call people who keep hearing things that don’t happen? Schizophrenics, of course. ID is schizophrenic. That they keep hearing explosions that don’t happen is merely a sign they are on the side of the terrorists. Hat tip … Continue reading
Filed under Creationism and Intelligent Design
Everyone should read this
Evert Cilliers at 3 Quarks Daily speaks Truth about Afghanistan and foreign policy.
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A rather big year
This has been a big year for me. I had two books published, travelled to Lisbon, to Italy, Germany, the UK and the US, gave a slew of talks and talked to a slew of folk. And today I was … Continue reading
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