Reminder that I need poetry submissions!
This is a reminder of a project I am working on for which I need your help: I was thinking over the weekend, as I wrote my own eulogy for the SIN Series
Jonathan MS Pearce
My partner has caught skepticism
Goodness me, Helen has become a skeptic! We were watching the Game of Thrones with the awesome attack of the White Walkers, just now. Helen: How are they attacking when they are dead?
Why profiling can make sense, and you might accept it too (part 1)
Profiling is often seen as highly controversial by many. This is the act of looking into the common properties of a particular type of person (criminal, terrorist) and using that knowledge to direct resources into particular areas or people in order to get a maximum return on your investment (cost o
My Godless Spellchecker interview on free will well received
I did an interview yesterday on the popular UK podcast Godless Spellchecker mainly on the topic of free will, but going round the houses a little at the beginning and covering some other
Death and Religion
Religion is a highly psychological affair. In fact, I would argue that the entirety of that which religion really is, to humanity, is psychological. Everything that religion is and does for its adherents is psychological in nature. One of the strongest dimensions of religion is its dealings with dea
Got to be true because it's in the Daily Mail
Brilliant:
Rooney Rule and Positive Descrimination
This is something I wrote four years ago on my previous blog, but thought it was interesting to bring up again. I thought about it in response to a comment over on fellow writer Rebecca Bradley's Lateral Truth piece, "Social Justice: A Millenarian Movement": Recently, the PFA (Professional Footba
Ex-Muslim movement growing in Middle East?
This fascinating Dutch article (to which I do not have a link, unfortunately) was translated by a facebook friend Leon Korteweg: My translation (aided by Google Translate) of an article that appeared in the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant. Reading and translating this article made me somewhat emoti
An Atheist Album
I was recently listening to the latest Reasonable Doubts podcast featuring an interview and some songs by Australian singer-songwriter Shelley Segal. Segal comes from an orthodox Jewish background, but came to reject theism in favour of atheism, and became involved in atheist activism. This, as is u
Is Society Accepting That Free Will Is an Illusion?
I have just had an article published in the "Free Inquiry" magazine, looking at whether society is coming to grips with the idea that contra-causal free will is an illusion. The
Guest post: Michael Candelario on morality
I have been very busy lately and then the call from OFSTED, the government school inspectorate, came this week, I ended up camped at work for 3 days. It's over now. To get the ball rolling again is a guest post from ML Candelario. It is interesting toying with the idea of moral nihilism, which all d
On Muslims Losing their Religion
Apologies as I have been away for a break on the nearby Isle of Wight with my family. I'm back, and was reading an article from The Guardian online which I