Podblack Cat 8 May 2008 … is a blogger on the paranormal and skeptical stuff. She has some nice posts on Women and superstition (parts one and two) and Skeptical Books for Children (parts one, two, three and four). Go check them and her out. General Science Social evolution
Creationism and Intelligent Design Evolution and its rivals – special issue of Synthese 16 Dec 2010 A special issue of the philosophical journal Synthese covers the topic “Evolution and its rivals”. It is open access until the end of this month, so you can get the papers now. The major discussions centre around intelligent design, which is the nearest to intellectual adequacy that creationism gets. There… Read More
Politics Religious exceptionalism and the UN 4 Feb 2009 So there’s a rather livid article in the Independent by Johann Hari, titled “Why should I respect these oppressive religions?” Starting in 1999, a coalition of Islamist tyrants, led by Saudi Arabia, demanded the rules be rewritten. The demand for everyone to be able to think and speak freely failed… Read More
Evolution The more things change.. 2 Sep 2007 I have decided that I am sick and tired of the antievolutionists. When I got into this game about 15 years or more ago, I thought that if we just argued and presented information about what evolution really is, and what it means for modern thinking, people would move away… Read More
Cuttlefish, OM reads your blog! You have hit the big time. There has to be a Philosophers Epic that Cuttlefish can put into verse for you.
Cuttlefish, OM reads your blog! You have hit the big time. There has to be a Philosophers Epic that Cuttlefish can put into verse for you.
Okay – Digital Cuttlefish – who has read my blog from the start – HAS just written a poem for me! Waitaminute – this was written last year and they only wrote a poem for me now. Gah, I am no muse! 🙁 BUT I am horrified to only discover this post, today! So, I guess it’s a belated Valentine’s day present. Big smoochy kisses to John Wilkins and please, come along to the next Australian Skeptics conference! 🙂