America Is the Greatest! Pt 1: Standard of Living.
Over on another post, there are some raging threads about a number of topics from gun crime to how great America is. It is on this last topic that I want to dwell.
Jonathan MS Pearce
Japan's Gun Death 2240 Times Lower than US
The BBC recently produced an article looking into why Japan has such vanishingly low gun deaths and gun crime in comparison to the US. Yes. let's have a gun debate. The
Meryl Streep's Stunningly Good Speech
I love this, from the Golden Globes last night. Heartfelt and powerful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxyGmyEby40
Majority support for end to compulsory religious observance in Scottish schools
From the British Humanist Association: A majority of people in Scotland believe that children should not be forced to worship in school if they do not want to, a new poll has revealed.
Species Do Not "Exist": Evolution, Sand Dunes and the Sorites Paradox
I am going to explain to you why species do not exist and in some sense there is no such thing as speciation in evolutionary biology. This will involve philosophy, sand dunes, voting,
The Most Genius Thing You Will See about Christmas
Philomena Cunk, the pseudonym of comedian Diane Morgan, is awesome. This is for you, my American friends (though there are loads of UK references that might go over your heads like a large
Quote of the Day: eric on Evolution and Compound Interest
This is a really important point that is well put by eric. It goes a long way to expaining why people just don't get the shift from supposed micro-evolution to macro-evolution:
Demon Possession...
Just a short one here to nick a line from a facebook meme...: Isn't it ironic that the ones who believe in demon possession seem to be the only ones who
Quote of the Day: NathairNimheil on Abortion and Personhood
In a rapidly expanding comment thread on SJWs and the regressive left, a debate with a religious type has developed concerning abortion. Here is a great comment by NathairNimheil: Like you holding an
Evolution as Necessary for Existence
An evolution debate has exploded on another thread to a piece the other day. I thought it would be a good time to do some philosophy of evolution, building on something I write
Lenski's Experiments
This is a classic video for explaining one of the great examples of evolution in the lab. So I thought I'd share it with you.
I'd Rather Be a Regressive Leftist or an SJW than Someone Using them Pejoratively
My blogging colleague her at Patheos Nonreligious, Dan Arel, said this on Facebook the other day that piqued my interest: I'd much rather be called a regressive leftist or an SJW,