Monthly Archives: March 2010
Linkeries
Piece on the arbitrariness of “statistical significance” and the effect it has in medical research. Not terribly good argument that brain science doesn’t disprove God (or Darwin, I hope, but the headline is clearer than the essay). Even some conservatives … Continue reading
Filed under Evolution, Genetics, History, Philosophy, Science
A quote
Well I’ve always said, There’s nothing an agnostic can’t do if he really doesn’t know whether he believes in anything or not. [Monty Python's The Final Rippoff album]
Oppose internet censorship
The CIA tried (and presumably is still trying) to stop WikiLeaks. This is another reason why internet censorship has to be opposed.
Filed under Censorship, Politics
Zimmer’s evolving blog post on X-woman
Carl Zimmer has a continually updated blog post on the mtDNA of “X-Woman”, which is being informed by his readers and experts. It’s a useful antidote to hasty and inaccurate reportage in the MSM, done well by a very good … Continue reading
Zimmer's evolving blog post on X-woman
Carl Zimmer has a continually updated blog post on the mtDNA of “X-Woman”, which is being informed by his readers and experts. It’s a useful antidote to hasty and inaccurate reportage in the MSM, done well by a very good … Continue reading
Links
Can’t talk. Marking. So here: Templeton Prize is bad for religion X-Woman: Species or not? Bill Benzon doesn’t give a crap about science Australia needs to get its mental health services working again What is the impact of strict population … Continue reading
A quote: On philosophers and evolution
Another curious aspect of the theory of evolution is that everybody thinks he understands it. I mean philosophers, social scientists, and so on. While in fact very few people understand it, actually, as it stands, even as it stood when … Continue reading
Filed under Evolution, History, Philosophy, Science
Affirmative Atheism
There is a lot of noise made about “New” Atheists, “militant” atheists, “fundamentalist” atheists and “angry” atheists. All of these are, in my agnostic opinion, prejudicial and false. Atheism as being proposed int he media is neither new, nor militant, … Continue reading
Filed under Politics, Pop culture, Religion
