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Ramblings: August 2010
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Don't expect to be entertained here, though all well and good if you are. There are some really interesting blogs on here, so I won't be offended if you flit past this one, as it's primarily for my benefit. Monday, 30 August 2010. I guess this is the closest I'd come to heaven - being surrounded by fascinating people figuring out what makes the world go round, and how to make it go round better. Their enthusiasm is palpable. Science Foo Camp 2009: by Nature Video. Links to this post. The Harris religion ...
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Ramblings: What Do New Atheists Actually Believe?
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Don't expect to be entertained here, though all well and good if you are. There are some really interesting blogs on here, so I won't be offended if you flit past this one, as it's primarily for my benefit. Thursday, 28 October 2010. What Do New Atheists Actually Believe? Discovery Institute has Michael Egnor asking this question. What Do New Atheists Actually Believe? And he has some specific questions. 1) Why is there anything? 2) What caused the Universe? 3) Why is there regularity (Law) in nature?
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Ramblings: September 2010
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Don't expect to be entertained here, though all well and good if you are. There are some really interesting blogs on here, so I won't be offended if you flit past this one, as it's primarily for my benefit. Wednesday, 1 September 2010. Bring On The Lions. No, I'm not referring to the up-coming England match. It's a much more serious issue than that. Or at least Christians think so. Even my very fair minded liberal Christian friend Lesley is concerned. After reading this article in GQ. I realised that it ...
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Ramblings: Love - Something Humans Do
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Don't expect to be entertained here, though all well and good if you are. There are some really interesting blogs on here, so I won't be offended if you flit past this one, as it's primarily for my benefit. Sunday, 17 October 2010. Love - Something Humans Do. On Lesley's post Peter Rollins - What is Religion? I've been trying to understand what Rollins is saying, without much success. But in the ensuing comments I claimed that love. Kathryn asked, "Why do you think this [love] is something humans do?
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Ramblings: October 2010
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Don't expect to be entertained here, though all well and good if you are. There are some really interesting blogs on here, so I won't be offended if you flit past this one, as it's primarily for my benefit. Friday, 29 October 2010. Confirmation bias is such a tricky one that it requires persistent vigilance. The very edifice of science hinges on the willingness of investigators to entertain the possibility that they might be wrong.". At least it's reassuring that scientists are keeping an eye on each oth...
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Ramblings: March 2010
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Don't expect to be entertained here, though all well and good if you are. There are some really interesting blogs on here, so I won't be offended if you flit past this one, as it's primarily for my benefit. Thursday, 25 March 2010. God On My Mind - BBC. From the BBC pulls together some strings from evolutionary biology and neuroscience to attempt to explain religious and other beliefs. I think these programmes will only be available to UK listeners, but if I can find a transcript I'll put up a link.
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Ramblings: January 2010
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Don't expect to be entertained here, though all well and good if you are. There are some really interesting blogs on here, so I won't be offended if you flit past this one, as it's primarily for my benefit. Friday, 8 January 2010. Some people see God, where others see a cardboard cut-out. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Mike the Mad Biologist. Drinking Liberally in New Milford. Dispatches From The Culture Wars. Jesus, for heaven's sake save this one, quick. View my complete profile.
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Ramblings: Anticipating Islamaphobia-phobia, Again
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Don't expect to be entertained here, though all well and good if you are. There are some really interesting blogs on here, so I won't be offended if you flit past this one, as it's primarily for my benefit. Wednesday, 9 February 2011. Anticipating Islamaphobia-phobia, Again. I'll be interested to see what is shown in this programme, Dispatches: Lessons In Hate and Violence. Be prepared for the backlash of denials. It's happened before, here in 2007. Is his response to another dispatches programme that ha...
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Ramblings: Confirmation Bias
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Don't expect to be entertained here, though all well and good if you are. There are some really interesting blogs on here, so I won't be offended if you flit past this one, as it's primarily for my benefit. Friday, 29 October 2010. Confirmation bias is such a tricky one that it requires persistent vigilance. The very edifice of science hinges on the willingness of investigators to entertain the possibility that they might be wrong.". At least it's reassuring that scientists are keeping an eye on each oth...
