Sunday School NOV 21, 2010
anti-vaccine PSA to be shown in selected theaters in the US nationwide. check the list of cities/theaters to see if there's one near you. call the local theater and/or the corporate headquarters of the theater chain and express your disgust.
cognitive theories of religion show that religion is natural given our evolved minds. theists often use this to suggest that atheism is therefore unnatural. they're wrong.
though it comes with a ton of qualifiers making it unclear under exactly which circumstances it would be permissible, the infallible pope has apparently changed his mind on condom use. he's being quoted in a new book as saying that condom use would be okay under certain circumstances in order to prevent HIV. tentatively, this is huge and will save millions of lives, particularly in Africa.
a new study purports to show evidence of precognition but has several problems. no doubt the new age woo-woo'ers will be citing this study so arm yourself with some links pointing out the study's problems.
can you be a skeptic without being an atheist?
life found in the deepest unexplored layer of Earth's crust.
first planet from another galaxy discovered... sort of. Phil Plait and Greg Fish comment.
Hector Avalos- Six Anti-Secularist Themes: Deconstructing Religionist Rhetorical Weaponry.
animal genomes contain more fossil viruses than ever expected.
physicists trap antimatter for the first time.
Chris Hallquist linked to this hilarious video showing "William Lane Craig" discussing morality with a cute teddy bear girl. everything "Craig" says in the video is taken from William Lane Craig's own writings and his statements in debates.
"homosexual sex is immoral"- good and bad arguments against.
Luke Muehlhauser continues to do a great job making special relativity easy to understand as a stepping stone to showing how SR undermines the Kalam Cosmological Argument.
as if that weren't enough he's also continuing his series on Fine-Tuning Arguments as well.
more evidence for common descent- the relationship between gut bacteria in different species mirror the relationship between the species themselves; the more closely related the species are, the more closely related their gut bacteria is.
a recent paper seemed to show that humans were butchering meat well before previously accepted but now a debate is raging about whether the evidence does in fact show such a thing. John Hawks discusses. Ed Yong too.
the simplest argument for dark matter. ok, but where is the stuff?
a new study seems to show that US scientists are significantly more likely to fabricate research results but in fact shows no such thing.
Intelligent Design Creationist William Dembski almost loses his teaching job at the Christian school he works at for daring to question.
evolutionary trees help convict men who knowingly infected women with HIV.
astronomers may have found the youngest black hole.
Phylointelligence is a great new website that "summarizes and explains the evidence for common descent, evolution, the big bang, and related topics."
Massimo Pigliucci continues with his series on Objectivism, this time discussing Objectivist Ethics.
cognitive theories of religion show that religion is natural given our evolved minds. theists often use this to suggest that atheism is therefore unnatural. they're wrong.
though it comes with a ton of qualifiers making it unclear under exactly which circumstances it would be permissible, the infallible pope has apparently changed his mind on condom use. he's being quoted in a new book as saying that condom use would be okay under certain circumstances in order to prevent HIV. tentatively, this is huge and will save millions of lives, particularly in Africa.
a new study purports to show evidence of precognition but has several problems. no doubt the new age woo-woo'ers will be citing this study so arm yourself with some links pointing out the study's problems.
can you be a skeptic without being an atheist?
life found in the deepest unexplored layer of Earth's crust.
first planet from another galaxy discovered... sort of. Phil Plait and Greg Fish comment.
Hector Avalos- Six Anti-Secularist Themes: Deconstructing Religionist Rhetorical Weaponry.
animal genomes contain more fossil viruses than ever expected.
physicists trap antimatter for the first time.
Chris Hallquist linked to this hilarious video showing "William Lane Craig" discussing morality with a cute teddy bear girl. everything "Craig" says in the video is taken from William Lane Craig's own writings and his statements in debates.
"homosexual sex is immoral"- good and bad arguments against.
Luke Muehlhauser continues to do a great job making special relativity easy to understand as a stepping stone to showing how SR undermines the Kalam Cosmological Argument.
as if that weren't enough he's also continuing his series on Fine-Tuning Arguments as well.
more evidence for common descent- the relationship between gut bacteria in different species mirror the relationship between the species themselves; the more closely related the species are, the more closely related their gut bacteria is.
a recent paper seemed to show that humans were butchering meat well before previously accepted but now a debate is raging about whether the evidence does in fact show such a thing. John Hawks discusses. Ed Yong too.
the simplest argument for dark matter. ok, but where is the stuff?
a new study seems to show that US scientists are significantly more likely to fabricate research results but in fact shows no such thing.
Intelligent Design Creationist William Dembski almost loses his teaching job at the Christian school he works at for daring to question.
evolutionary trees help convict men who knowingly infected women with HIV.
astronomers may have found the youngest black hole.
Phylointelligence is a great new website that "summarizes and explains the evidence for common descent, evolution, the big bang, and related topics."
Massimo Pigliucci continues with his series on Objectivism, this time discussing Objectivist Ethics.
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Comment by Loop Johnny on November 21, 2010 at 9:30am -
Best. Sunday. School.
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Comment by Gary Bergeron on November 21, 2010 at 9:57am -
Thanks once again for all your efforts, Nelson. Have a happy Sunday!
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Comment by Andries Spies on November 21, 2010 at 10:09am -
Busy reading . A very worthwhile read.
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Comment by Jānis Ķimsis on November 21, 2010 at 10:53am -
Thanks, Nelson. Great news about the antimatter. Makes me happy to live in this time.
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Comment by William C. Walker on November 21, 2010 at 10:58am
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Many thanks for the up-date / summary. The fundies never rest, not even on Sunday.
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Comment by Jānis Ķimsis on November 21, 2010 at 11:17am
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And the Dembski accident is just hilarious. Words fail me in the face of this much irony.
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Comment by Andrew Wilson on November 21, 2010 at 1:01pm -
Interesting that the first thing the pope mentions as acceptable use for condoms is for male prostitutes.
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Comment by JesusSavesAtCitibank on November 21, 2010 at 1:19pm -
Dembski debated Hitchens on Thursday. Video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhv16xKYcrU
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Comment by Jon Heim on November 21, 2010 at 2:19pm -
a few thoughs:
anti-vaccine public service anouncments might be totally off base...but there is going to be some people that will agree with it, and i think it's fine that these people are speaking there minds.
ok..babies are atheists. religion only comes to people who learn about it. of course it isnt natural.
you know...the pope is just fucking out of touch with reality. hopefully no one is listeing anymore.
"phenomena that are inexplicable according to current scientific knowledge" is just that.
it is totally posible to be skeptical of everything, and still beleive in something that doesnt have any proof.
life found inside the earth? just one joke...I bet it isnt satan.
even if homosexuality is immoral: which it cant be..it's natural.
US scientists are more likely to...that's bull. first of all, every scientist is different. there is not hidden agenda.
hmm..way to go Willy. everything begins with a question.
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Comment by Greg Gorey on November 21, 2010 at 4:05pm -
some groovy stuff
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