This is an interesting article from the New York Times. I like it - it is well written and thoughtful, making us ponder the reality of the selfish gene, and the idea that we could, at any time, be being manipulated by other organisms, unbeknownst to our humuncular selves.
A local boy to me (Winchester in Hampshire) is becoming fairly well-known on the alternative folk circuit. This is a classic. Uplifting and... well... true. Let me hear you say it... "there
Time for some light relief. And relief it is. It is, in fact, one of the funniest things i have seen in recent times. So Obama and Romney debated again recently. Thankfully, Obama did himself more justice. But the best thing to come out of this debate is below, by the genius who does bad lip-reading
Season 3 of the Walking Dead is hitting our screens any time soon or now depending on where you live. It's a great show about an apocalyptic pandemic which turns humanity into zombies and sees the survivors pick up the pieces of their lives and society and figure out how to continue to survive and s
I thought I'd resurrect this old chestnut. This was reported by the Secular Outpost some time ago: "As reported by Christianity Today (see here), New Testament scholar Michael Licona has apparently lost both his job as research professor of New Testament at Southern Evangelical Seminary and been
So the whole Jesus' wife thing has been doing the rounds, and it seems that it is a fake. This article, from The Guardian, confirms through textual analysis that it is indeed so. It appears to rely on a modern typo:
They are sending missionaries to eastern Germany. A recent study called Beliefs About God Across Time and Countries found that 52.1% of people asked whether they believed in God identified themselves as atheists. This compared with only 10.3% in western Germany. Indeed, the survey was unable to find
My last public talk which I gave, on free will, has now been made into a podcast which can be heard here. The talk, given to Portsmouth Skeptics in a Pub on 14th June 2012, was a nice informal gathering of about 50-odd people of varying skeptical persuasions. I have not listened to it yet, but the Q
So, on to Law’s opening statements. It’s probably better to get this from the horse’s mouth -http://stephenlaw.blogspot.com/2011/10/opening-speech-craig-debate.html. However, I will duly sum up. Law, much to his credit, claimed he was only interested in defending his position using only one argument
Back in October 2011 I posted this review (and a couple of follow-ons) on my old-old site covering the debate between Stephen Law and William Lane Craig. Due to the fact that Stephen is now a co-SINner here with us, I would like to resurrect this review. It was a great debate, and Stephen, against a
As a determinist, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle is of great interest. I have always intuitively believed there to be hidden variable theories or similar which make more sense of quantum than indeterministic ones.
So Mitt Romney is in the news right now a little more than he should be. And it seems that people have very short memories with regards to his gaffes and ineptitude. And then he makes people laugh about climate change (that hilarious gag). Here is high-brow rapper Baba Brinkman's take on Romney and