Monthly Archives: April 2010
Book reviews
Several interesting book reviews arrived in my feed this morning, of books I have not read. Jerry Coyne reviews FAPP’s What Darwin Got Wrong alongside Dawkins’ The Greatest Show on Earth. I cannot help but think that he is on … Continue reading
Filed under Biology, Book, Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Evolution, General Science, History, Politics, Science, Social evolution
God acts in mischieveous ways
Hot on the heels of Rush Blowhard declaring that the Iceland volcano is God’s apocalyptic response to the healthcare bill (God, it seems, is Maxwell Smart, missing the target by this much, and hitting Europe instead of the US) comes … Continue reading
Filed under Creationism and Intelligent Design, Humor, Religion
Catholic ethics, and the Australian Museum
Read this piece about how the Catholic Church is sponsoring a “science ethics” prize through the Australian Museum.
Filed under Ethics and Moral Philosophy, Philosophy, Religion, Science
The fourth R: Reasoning
I very much like this attempt, successful so far, it seems, to teach philosophy to school children. But I suspect that it will eventually threaten someone or other.
Filed under Education, Philosophy
Catholic Blame Game
Here, courtesy of Jason Brown, is a site that lists the latest scapegoat that the Catholic Church blames, instead of itself. So far they have blamed: Gays The Jews Pornography Television The Internet Pope John Paul II Victims of child … Continue reading
Tired debates
There’s a whole bunch of arguments that are becoming very tiring, and in which I think we have made no apparent progress for far too long, such as the fooraw between Massimo Pigliucci and PZ Merkel, the German chancellor. I … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Evolution, General Science, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Sermon, Social evolution
Evolution quotes
Natural Selection is not Evolution. Yet, ever since the the two words have been in common use, the theory of Natural Selection has been employed as a convenient abbreviation for the theory of Evolution by means of Natural Selection, put … Continue reading
Evolution quotes
Creatures inveterately wrong in their inductions have a pathetic, but praiseworthy, tendency to die before reproducing their kind. [W. V. O. Quine, Ontological Relativity and Other Essays 1969: 70]
Filed under Epistemology, Evolution, Philosophy, Quotes, Science
The hope of the future of the Illuminati
With young folk like this on the case, I have hope for the future of the evil atheist conspiracy…
Filed under Creationism and Intelligent Design, Humor, Philosophy, Pop culture
