Newsgroup worries 28 Jul 2008 Those who are getting very agitated, missing out on their Usenet fix of the group talk.origins, which has been dormant for the past few days, should know that Steps Are Being Taken. Stop emailing me. I don’t know any more than this… go take some other stimulant. Alcohol, chocolate, anything! Oh, and on another subject, PZ is reported in the Inside Higher Ed website. Nothing new – that same old positions, ranging from crucifixion to “meh”. Administrative Religion
Religion God of the gaps 1 Feb 201118 Sep 2017 Phil Plait has addressed the incredible inanity of Bill O’Reilly’s comment that the tides prove God. It is, as Phil notes, a classic “God of the gaps” argument. I thought I should reprise the original source text of that criticism. It is from Henry Drummond’s book Ascent of Man in… Read More
Religion The religious we have always with us 23 Oct 2008 In my recent talk on secularism, I declared that there will always be religion, and a secularist ought to get used to that fact. Secularists have assumed that a secular society will cause religion to wither away and die, but this seems to me a foolish thing to believe. Every… Read More
Administrative What is a homology? 2 Jun 2010 No, not that kind, but the mathematical kind. I tried to read the online definitions, but they all presume other mathematical terminology and knowledge I don’t have. So can anyone explain, in words that don’t assume I have done a course in topology, what a mathematical homology is? Pretty please? Read More
Talk.origins not operating? Hunh! My life has been so much more productive since I broke the habit of t.o. a couple of years ago. Now, instead of being ignored there, I am ignored in so many other places. I hope that people survive! Perhaps they should go outside, take a walk, dig up a fossil, look at some stars, play with their kids.
Hi John, I haven’t worried about talk.origions for maybe 18 months, since Google “Blessed be it’s name” [joke] changed the way that the thread was presented. I went for the various Gods in “RuneScape” after that. Perhaps I shall discover a newsgroup software one day that inspires me to debate “Dr.” Sean Pitman once again, but then again maybe I should stick with Saradomin or Guthix related questions. One day, I must tell you about my ride on a Harley “STSE” model custom. (Chrome *everywhere*, fuel injection in a 110ci motor, open face helmet w/ big grin!) We just moved to Baulkham Hills and I turned up to impress the neighbours on that bike – rotflmao. (signed) marc
Hi John, I haven’t worried about talk.origions for maybe 18 months, since Google “Blessed be it’s name” [joke] changed the way that the thread was presented. I went for the various Gods in “RuneScape” after that. Perhaps I shall discover a newsgroup software one day that inspires me to debate “Dr.” Sean Pitman once again, but then again maybe I should stick with Saradomin or Guthix related questions. One day, I must tell you about my ride on a Harley “STSE” model custom. (Chrome *everywhere*, fuel injection in a 110ci motor, open face helmet w/ big grin!) We just moved to Baulkham Hills and I turned up to impress the neighbours on that bike – rotflmao. (signed) marc