This is really interesting, and whilst it doesn't prove anything particularly in and of itself, it does hint at a connection between more 'out there' irrational beliefs and free will, which, in my opinion, is equally irrational.
Astounding. http://youtu.be/xy5zTA7rKXQ H/T Russ Rogers
This article is taken from the excellent podcast Reasonable Doubts which itself borrows from source material and commentary from Tom Rees' superb Epiphenom blog. Thanks to these two great sources for the
Here is a quote that I posted on the Daily Telegraph (eek) in the UK which was reporting the letter it had received denouncing PM Cameron's claim that we should be proud that we are a Christian nation. I will first post the comment I reacted to:
Some fellow tippling philosophers and myself are having an email exchange about psychology. It started with one of us writing an email lauding Daniel Kahneman's work Thinking Fast and Slow (the bold is where he is quoting someone else).
Tee hee [H/T Paul Jenkins] http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=3066#comic
This is truly chilling stuff. The Second World War had some pretty terrible moments (a huge understatement), but the lead up to the Jewish Holocaust and how it was organised and delivered, especially with knowledge of the consequences as we now have, was spectacularly scary to the point where you th
Thanks again to Andy Schueler for finding this. Good way of showing that those oft-used analogies to describe the Trinity are in fact highly problematic. I have worked in Catholic schools where these
I posted one of my SIN posts over at Debunking Christianity recently, and this comment was posted which I found pretty insightful: "And, of course, such suffering, in light of an all-loving God, must be seen as necessary for some greater good."
Andy Schueler came across this little piece. Although I would be cautious over the definition of oligarchy ("meaning profoundly corrupt" rather than "a small group of people having control of a country or organization."), this could make for interesting reading:
The other day I posted a piece refuting the notion that Christianity is somehow causally responsible for the development of science and the scientific method. I would like to continue with a short piece looking at another couple of points which I have had heard raised.
The government are continuing to look into the Islamification of certain schools in the Birmingham area as I reported (from the BBC) before. Here, the anti-terrorism unit has got involved. This is close to my teaching and secular heart (from the BBC again):