Sunday School FEB 20, 2011
Ex-apologist pointed to two new papers by philosopher Wes Morriston, one against god as a grounding for morality and the other against the Kalam on the subject of actual infinities. (pdf's at the link)
just because something's unexplained doesn't mean it's supernatural.
Jerry Coyne lays the smackdown on an apologist's misunderstanding of evolution.
Luke Muehlhauser posted a list of the 20th century's most important philosophical works- books and papers- according to a survey of philosophers taken in 1999.
"i visited Christian pregnancy centers that lure women in with false promises of medical care. here's what they told me about abortions, breast cancer, shame, and death."
physicist Michio Kaku demonstrated this week how just because you are an expert in one field doesn't mean you're an expert in others. Dear Michio, leave evolution to the biologists until you know what you're talking about. John Hawks, Greg Fish, and PZ comment.
the Templeton Foundation could only be bad for science.
Universe Today has begun a series of Cosmology 101 posts starting at the beginning.
gonorrhea has picked up human DNA.
how much would it cost to identify all of the animals on Earth?
American anthropology has sunk down a rabbit-hole of irrelevance.
a few weeks back Jean Kazez wrote a piece criticizing the "new atheism." this week Russell Blackford responded. Jeremy Stangroom chose to ignore Blackford's response other than to latch on to the one bit of snark that Blackford included to give people like Stangroom something to complain about. as Blackford said, hook, line, and sinker. Jerry Coyne pointed out that while Stangroom urges people to civility he excuses statutory rape.
creationism was spotted on an exam given to 14-16 yo kids in the UK. good news though, the exam board has decided to pull the questions. but, alas, more creationism in UK schools.
religion: the ultimate tyranny.
South Dakota moves to legalize the killing of abortion providers.
why it's not a safe bet to believe in god.
this study on the efficacy of prayer is just awful but that won't stop many believers from citing it.
no, there's no proof of a giant planet in the outer solar system.
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Comment by Greg Gorey on February 20, 2011 at 10:50am -
The Michio Kaku thing hurts to watch. At least he is not as bad as Roger Penrose, whose work on consciousness is mind numbingly stupid.
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Comment by Alan Huffman on February 20, 2011 at 10:52am -
thanks!
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Comment by Gary Bergeron on February 20, 2011 at 11:42am -
The article on religion being the ultimate tyranny was right on! Religious thinking erodes a person's freedom to think critically and independently. I know. I've been there. It's an ugly, fearful place filled with nonsense. Angels, demons, saints, purgatory, holy water, the holy eucharist, stations of the cross, confessions to the priest...a mad recipe for mind control and mental slavery...and yet, our so-called leaders attach their agendas to this nonsense. Scary indeed!
Thanks for the links, Nelson and everyone have a happy Sunday!
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Comment by Victoria on February 20, 2011 at 3:55pm -
As always, nicely done. Thanks Nelson!
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Comment by James on February 20, 2011 at 6:31pm -
Great class Prof. Nelson!
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Comment by Sophie on February 21, 2011 at 10:43am -
I love getting this to catch up on all the atheist news I care about! : ) Keep it up my man!
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