A common device new age products use is the method of keeping their descriptions wafer thin. The Secret mastered the use of getting people to read an entire book under the general guise of the powers of wishful thinking. So when a book, religion, or in this case a self help philosophy can cram in […]
Archive for the ‘Philosophy’ Category
So, I’m back to making YouTube videos about evolutionary biology and its misinformed critics after a long hiatus. This new one is all about Stephen C. Meyer, a Discovery Institute fellow who’s been the darling of the intelligent design movement after his most recent book, Signature in the Cell, was hyped to the Moon and […]
Of all the good and wonderful things kids can learn at school these days, it seems that logic is still not one of them. Certainly, skills in logical thinking are necessary for maths and perhaps some other disciplines, but these subjects do not teach logic per se. Rather, they simply reward students who already possess […]
Cross post from Godless Business Like all other discourse in society, religious conversations hinge on the definitions of specific words. To facilitate meaningful discussion it is important that everyone involved agrees on the specific interpretations of the words and phrases used so that the all parties have a clear understanding of the message being conveyed. […]
Cross posted from Homologous Legs The title of this post may be controversial, but I assure that I haven’t lost my mind… just yet. What I want to address is a point that needs to be addressed if the scientific community, especially the part of the community that communicates science to the public, is to […]
Okay, Pope-defenders, let’s get something straight. Joseph Ratzinger is a man. Like every other man on this planet, he had a mum and a dad, he eats and he sleeps, he sometimes falls ill and he even makes mistakes. Now, Joseph happens to be the head of a particular group of people with a particular […]
We are often told that the brain is the most complicated organ in the human body, that its functions and activities are shrouded in mystery. This is certainly true. We really don’t know about a lot of the things the brain does or how it does them. There has been and continues to be, extensive […]
Cross Posted At Friend of Reason It’s time for the second installment of my “Chronicle of Belief” where I attempt to put into words my own world-view and the opinions and positions that help define me. This entry is about my identification with the label Secular Humanist, a particular world-view with which I sympathize and identify […]
