So many bad puns, so little time 28 Apr 2009 Wilkins is fragile and destablised Intellectual tourist attacks local inhabitants All happy bacteria are alike (or is that like each other?) Australian current affairs gets vaccination right! [That’s not a pun, it’s an act of God] The original video is here. Evolution does spreadsheets in origin of genetic code Siris and Sandwalk go head to head on the Courtier’s Reply. Neither of them are dressed. Creationists misunderstand Deep Time. I’m shocked. I mean, it’s only ten years since they were taken to task for it. Perhaps if they had millions of years to think it over… Creationism and Intelligent Design Evolution General Science Religion trashcan categorial
Ethics and Moral Philosophy God is dead, so be good for goodness sake 27 Apr 2010 Michael Ruse addresses the question of whether or not the lack of a God means atheists should rape and pillage. His answer and mine is no, we do things because we are humans and humans follow moral standards. Actually, I would take that a bit further and say, we are… Read More
Politics Religion is mental? 26 Feb 201427 Feb 2014 Over at Chris Stedman’s blog, he posted 5 reasons why atheists shouldn’t call religious people mentally ill: 1. Even if well-intended, the equation fails 2. Mental illness is not an insult 3. Religion is often associated with wellbeing 4. This parallel distracts us from trying to understand and learn from… Read More
Evolution Linnaeus on evolution by hybridism 2 May 200918 Sep 2017 It is often stated in the literature that Linnaeus late in life turned to an evolutionary view based on hybridisation (e.g., Clausen, Keck and Hiesey 1939). I myself have repeated this, but as always it’s worth looking at the actual text. Unfortunately I have so little Latin that I can’t… Read More
“Wilkins is fragile and destabilised”. Not only that, he’s calving! I fear I am a coward, I couldn’t bear to watch the vaccine vid. Reading the ignorant comments from the anti-vax trolls on Plait’s blog was torture enough.