So I went to see theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss last night in Portsmouth. This was great for two reasons. Firstly, Krauss is a great public speaker and a seemingly top bloke. Secondly, it shows that, occasionally, Portsmouth (UK) is not the cultural wasteland many think it is
So the election in the US looms. And voter apathy is a dangerous thing when the consequences are so high. What to do about it? Well obviously get Samuel L. Jackson to poetical swear at members of an apathetic family! It works. Hell, I'm voting Obama and I don't even live there or have the right! Wel
One of the most common defences of Libertarian Free Will (or contra-causal free will) is what I sometimes term the 80-20% approach. Most people, to some degree or another, accept that our lives are at least somewhat, and in most cases, a good deal influenced. This may be by genetic, biological or en
Happiness. What is it, and how do we get it? This is an age old question which I will hopefully discuss in the future. In the meantime, this research from the UN makes claims to the happiest countries in the world. There is also the Happy Planet Index which takes into account happiness, environmenta
So why am I writing about this? Well because, statistically, it means that anywhere up to 75% of all pregnancies, of all fertilised eggs, die. This is a staggering number of pregnancy losses (for example, it is estimated that 3 out of 4 eggs that are fertilized do not fuse their DNA correctly, and t
Recently, in a post on evolution, reviewing the book "Your Inner Fish" by Neil Shubin, there was some talk about what the best book to get out of Shubin's,
The genius who is Nonstampcollector hits home with another piece of insightful mastery.
This is taken from an old post of mine. I still find it a real defeater for the concept of hell. I have just listened to Ray Bradley debate William Lane Craig. I
Katherine Stewart in The Guardian has detailed this scary phenomenon which has been a problem bubbling in the educational undercurrents for some time now. Gives me the chill (as an educator myself). [caption
So I came across this site on my internet travels (actually, through a naturalism group on facebook) and it provides a really good introduction to a number of difficult topics within the realms
As you've probably guessed, I am interested in all things free will. Recently, I was reading a chapter from "Are We Free?" entitled Free Will Is Un-Natural by John
I have decided to compile a list of my favourite atheistic /agnostic / philosophical songs. There are many on other lists which I do not know and feel I would like to, but here