Author Archives: John S. Wilkins
Community, unbelief, and the rise of secularism
One of the things that losing full use of a limb causes, is that everything takes four times as long as it used to. So I haven’t blogged due to my being very busy, tired, or both. Sorry. I promised … Continue reading
Filed under Creationism and Intelligent Design, General Science, Philosophy, Rant, Religion
Update
I spent the weekend going to the Global Atheist Conspiracy Convention, courtesy of PZ Myers, the organisers, and Neil Thomason who drove me. I will write some extended reflections on it over the next few days, but I have a … Continue reading
Filed under Philosophy
The dangers of walking
I have long said that exercise is dangerous: that 100% of all those I know who are physically active injure themselves. But I never expected that just frigging walking could be so problematic and fraught with danger! I was on … Continue reading
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Book proposal call
I’m on the editorial board of the Species and Systematics series at the University of California Press, and so if any of you have a proposal for that series, on any topic relating to these two areas that is academic … Continue reading
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Filed under Book, Species and systematics
Evolution Quotes: Twain on inference about the past
Now, if I wanted to be one of those ponderous scientific people, and “let on” to prove what had occurred in the remote past by what had occurred in a given time in the recent past, or what will occur … Continue reading
Filed under Epistemology, History, Philosophy, Quotes, Science
Bayes, evolutionary clocks, and biogeography
I just received a review by Gareth Nelson of Michael Heads’ book Molecular Panbiogeography of the Tropics (publishers’ site). I should have blogged this before, since I got a copy, being on the editorial board for this series (the same one … Continue reading
The decline of Australian progressivism
Australian state Queensland had an election yesterday, and the result went from a Labor government to a virtual elimination of Labor in the state parliament. This follows, and exceeds, similar defeats in New South Wales last year, and Victoria the … Continue reading
Filed under Australian stuff, Journalism, Politics, Pop culture
What warrant is there for belief in God?
Every morning on the way to the campus of the University of Melbourne I pass by the United Faculty of Theology, and I often wish that someone would come out and engage me in a debate. Partly because I am … Continue reading
Filed under Epistemology, Evolution, Philosophy, Religion
