Boobquake results 28 Apr 2010 The results are in: Boobquake actually decreased the number of quakes expected. So, folks, get out there and continue to dress immodestly. Jen, well done. A mention on Colbert is the height of blog fame… Humor Religion Science
Philosophy The dogs do bark… 2 Apr 2010 In yet another attempt to special plead for their religion, Australian church leaders have again raised the old canard that “atheists are believers who hate God”. No, that would be a kind of theism, Archbishop Jensen. It’s not hard. This is basic philosophy of religion. You did do some in… Read More
Humor Erdös Numbers in philosophy 9 Sep 2009 A little while ago I found out that I have an Erdös Number of 3. I published a paper with Wesley Elsberry: Wilkins, John S., and Wesley R. Elsberry. 2001. The advantages of theft over toil: the design inference and arguing from ignorance. Biology and Philosophy 16 (November):711-724. Wesley has… Read More
Philosophy In which I upset PZ, again, by not knowing 29 Jun 2010 Ron Rosenbaum has written a piece in Slate on agnosticism, in which he generously quotes an Australian “scientist”, that is, me. Oh dear. This is going to set the cat among the pigeons. And indeed one such cat, my friend and sparring partner PZ Myers, has already responded. Read and… Read More
Not so fast! For proper scientific credibility, this experiment needs to be replicated several times. Many confounding variables exist which must be rigorously eliminated.
PZ has a little essay on what the figures show with respect to tornados: apparently God hates Baptists… http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/04/in_the_aftermath_of_boobquake.php Perhaps we might find that WRT earthquakes, God hates Shiites…