Drowning in the sea of faith 20 Sep 2008 Actually I’m not. The Sea of Faith In Australia crowd are very nice and easy to get on with folk, and many of them are your garden variety humanists, atheists and skeptics. Lawrence Krauss is a very nice guy with a good patter in anti-ID; nothing I haven’t heard before but, and this surprised and educated me, something that few of the audience seemed all that familiar with. One thing that has been very useful to me is to get a cross bearing on what interested and intelligent folk know and do not know. That will help me be a little more clear in the future. My talk is tonight, so we’ll see if they like what I have to say. OK, back to Mornington Crescent, you lot. Administrative Creationism and Intelligent Design
Creationism and Intelligent Design Rant on Dembski 28 Jul 2009 My good friend Ian Musgrave has just put up a wonderful rant on Dumbski’s latest crap, and it’s also up at Panda’s Thumb. Go read it. Nothing unexpected, Dembski’s usual rhetorical tricks and bad research, but it’s a fun read. One guy you don’t want to get started ranting against… Read More
Creationism and Intelligent Design Lynch on the misuse of history by creationists 6 Nov 2009 John Lynch bells the cat in the History of Science Society Newsletter, and you can read it here. He points out the fundamental dishonesty of ID-“historians” who try to smear evolutionary biology by linking it with Hitler. For some inexplicable reason he fails to link this to a history of… Read More
Accommodationism Degrees of religion 8 Feb 201420 Feb 2014 Larry Moran quotes Jason Rosenhouse disputing Phil Plait: So, after all, that, let us return to Plait’s argument. He tells us that the problem is too many people perceiving evolution as a threat to their religious beliefs. Indeed, but why do they perceive it that way? Is it a failure of… Read More
Krauss was in Minneapolis in March for an Atheist Convention, and while I was only able to attend part of his talk I did get to chat with him a bit following the book signing. He is a very nice guy, and will be calling in to be our guest on “Atheists Talk” very soon.
Krauss was in Minneapolis in March for an Atheist Convention, and while I was only able to attend part of his talk I did get to chat with him a bit following the book signing. He is a very nice guy, and will be calling in to be our guest on “Atheists Talk” very soon.
Speaking as a Trekkie, I have to say that Krauss’s greatest contribution to the enterprise of science is unquestionably The Physics of Star Trek. Of course, I do realise that’s probably similar to a great classical actor like Alec Guiness being best known for the part of Obi-wan Kenobi. Still, better to be known than not. Hainault
Speaking as a Trekkie, I have to say that Krauss’s greatest contribution to the enterprise of science is unquestionably The Physics of Star Trek. Of course, I do realise that’s probably similar to a great classical actor like Alec Guiness being best known for the part of Obi-wan Kenobi. Still, better to be known than not. Hainault
Thanks for some very interesting information and discussion, John, about the possible origins and evolution of religion. And for your willingness to engage any of us in discussions about the many and varied topics in which you take an interest. I would have thought that most of the people there knew about ID. (I met Ken Ham once in Brisbane years ago and couldn’t believe that some one so smart could have such dumb ideas. Ohio is welcome to him.) Keep up the good work.
Thanks for some very interesting information and discussion, John, about the possible origins and evolution of religion. And for your willingness to engage any of us in discussions about the many and varied topics in which you take an interest. I would have thought that most of the people there knew about ID. (I met Ken Ham once in Brisbane years ago and couldn’t believe that some one so smart could have such dumb ideas. Ohio is welcome to him.) Keep up the good work.
Thanks for some very interesting information and discussion, John, about the possible origins and evolution of religion. And for your willingness to engage any of us in discussions about the many and varied topics in which you take an interest. I would have thought that most of the people there knew about ID. (I met Ken Ham once in Brisbane years ago and couldn’t believe that some one so smart could have such dumb ideas. Ohio is welcome to him.) Keep up the good work.