How Any Behavioural Research Findings Negate Free Will
This is something that I've said many times in many places but I have never explicitly written it up in a blog post. Today, I am going to return to one
Jonathan MS Pearce
Tucker Carlson Gets Owned by Bregman
There is nothing particularly unusual about Tucker Carlson getting owned but this video is pretty fabulous. It never got aired, precisely because Carlson gets real pushback from Bregman. Luckily for us, Bregman recorded
Why Paul Didn’t Write More About Jesus - A Christian Rebuttal
Here is the latest Christian counterpoint piece from John Nelson (a Christian) in an ongoing conversation between an atheist (ex-evangelical, I believe) and a Christian theologian in training. The first and second guest
Pro-Life Argument from a Zygote's Internal Self-Organisation
Today, I want to look at a pro-life argument proposed recently by Vincent Torley. It looks at human development differing and being special on account of internal self-organisation. Let Vincent explain: Professor Condic
Shamima Begum: On Returning Islamic Fighters
Anyone in the UK knows about the latest piece of divisive news (as in, everyone has an opinion, and they appear neatly split in two): Shamima Begum, a "Jihadi bride", who
On Sovereignty: The UK
This is another guest piece from Rhys Chellow. He, like me, is very interested in politics, and in particular, the growing cluster...bomb that is Brexit. Over to him: Whilst Parliament has remained
Trump and the Real Motivation for Wars
Modern wars for the arguably imperialistic United States have, according to many cynics, been about money. Yes, they cost a lot, but to offset the monetary costs of war (and the massive human
Humanists Cheer Darwin Day Resolutions Introduced in the 116th Congress
This is from the American Humanist Association: American Humanist Association (AHA) leaders applaud the introduction of House Resolution 123 and Senate Resolution 63, also known as the Darwin Day Resolutions. Introduced by Rep.
Candace Owens, Climate Change and Motivated Reasoning
This Joe Rogan excerpt is well worth a watch: Motivated reasoning is a powerful thing: the impetus to believe something irrespective of evidence and often in spite of it, due to other influencing
Citizen Representation: Corporate Lobbying and Legalised Corruption in the US
I stated the other day that (corporate) lobbying was simply legalised corruption in the US. Big firms can buy influence and even write laws. Back in 2014, John Oliver talked us through the
Defending the Kalam with the B-Theory of Time
This second video below looks to show, whilst taking the view that the A-Theory of time as being inconsistent with science and therefore the Kalam, that the B-Theory of time can be used
AOC: Yes! This! So Much This!
I don't know why it has taken so long for someone in power to popularise the broken nature of the US political system. Many have tried to do this in the