A multi-national team of researchers has identified genetic markers that predict educational attainment by pooling data from more than 125,000 individuals in the United States, Australia, and 13 western European countries.
I used to be all about music. I lived for music. I went to hundreds of gigs and festivals. And then I discovered philosophy, arguing about religion, writing and wrapped that up with
Randal Rauser, with whom I have had a radio debate about the Nativity, is running a series on his blog asking atheists why they are atheist (or not Christian). He has asked several atheist bloggers and authors, including myself, to produce a paragraph. Justin Schieber, Counter Apologist and Ed Babin
George Pell says, “I have always been on the side of the victims.” But the archbishop of Sydney has a funny way of expressing his support. During an inquiry this week into what the Herald Sun describes as “rampant” child sexual abuse by priests going back decades, Pell admitted, “We’ve been slow
The video embedded below was sent to me by someone with whom I am in contact with in my work with the Transition Network which is a n organisation that seeks to mobilise local communities to move from oil dependence to a more sustainable future given the idea of Peak Oil. For those who don't know, P
This is a superb article from Jerry Coyne over at Why Evolution Is True about the work being done building on and improving upon the Benjamin Libet experiments which I have talked about before online and in my book. Thanks you so much to Jerry who has allowed me to repost his article. Please, please
So a British soldier was stabbed to death in public, the atrocity being caught and shared on social media. They stayed around to be arrested, not afraid of the consequences, and this is the scary thing. Now there is a widespread Muslim backlash. To make matters worse, the government has admitted tha
So having posted the Philpapers survey results, the biggest ever survey of philosophers conducted in 2009, several readers were not aware of it (the reason for re-communicating it) and were unsure as to
New Scientist has started a new feature series on people with bizarre and rare mind / brain disorders and predicaments. This article looks at Cotard's syndrome. What is fascinating about this article and syndrome is the interplay between brain, consciousness and self-awareness. That these conscious
Two episodes of Skepticule have become available with my counter-apologetics segment, called Pearced Off. The first episode (44) features my piece on free will as an incoherent gift from God, which can be found here. My segment starts at 29.10.
This is an excellent piece from a blog I came across through a post on facebook (H/T Sergio Paulo Sider, I think). I am copying it here, but if the author doesn&
Chris Hallquist's blog The Incredible Halq is the first reputable blog that I have seen which has so seriously gone to town on apologist William Lane Craig. Check it out here.