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Those ’climategate’ emails
The current “scandal” erupting around the hacking of servers at the University of East Anglias’ Climate Research Centre is rather predictable. The public release of stolen emails has been seized on by...
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Climate change deniers live in glass buildings
There seems to be a big mobilisation of climate change deniers at the moment. Someone on Twitter described selective use of stolen emails, “Climategate”, as pre-Copenhagen smears. They added a quote...
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Theistic science? No such thing
I came across this interesting observation in Elaine Howard Eckland’s book Science vs. Religion: What Scientists Really Think: “believers did not consider their traditions and beliefs influential on...
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The Galileo myths
Dr Marc Crislip For a while there I had wondered if I was the only one who noticed the current attempts of theistically motivated historians and philosophers to rewrite the history of the Galileo...
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Foundations of human morality.
How did he know it was the right thing to do? Sam Harris caused a bit of a stir with his recent book ’The Moral Landscape.’ While it upset religious apologists (gods didn’t come into his argument) it...
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Problems with philosophers and theologians
This looks like an interesting book: The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement by David Brooks. He delivered this year’s Science and Democracy Lecture at Havard...
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Galileo’s revolutionary contribution
A good primary source In An interesting question Thony C at The Renaissance Mathematicus responded to a comment at my post, Early history of science, with his own blog article. While it mainly...
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Concern over William Lane Craig’s justification of biblical genocide
Genocide is good if your god commands it! William Lane Craig went ahead with his “empty chair for Dawkins” stunt in his Oxford appearance. While many of his fans loved the trick, Craig didn’t get off...
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Rational morality
Here’s a great video. It’s not short (31 mins) but its well worth watching right through – or downloading and watching later. Even watching several times, the speaker is so eloquent and precise with...
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Naturalism and science are incompatible
Well, that’s what the Christian apologist philosopher Alvin Plantinga claims. And he has written a book to “prove” it - Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism. Apparently its...
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