ScienceDaily (Sep. 20, 2012) — A new study suggests that a poor sense of smell may be a marker for psychopathic traits. People with psychopathic tendencies have an impaired sense of smell, which points
It's time for another video instalment! This time I concentrate on issues surrounding the coherence of a famous chap named Jesus. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlHI31JYbzE[/youtube]
This fascinating piece of research has been reported by the British Humanist Association, which I have reproduced here. What is clear is that it would be incorrect to call Britain a Christian or
Sam Harris, author of Free Will (obviously not as good as my book Free Will? which has a question mark and then a subtitle, so it must be better...;)), has written this great
Having looked at the issue of causality in the last post, I would like to continue to analyse the first premise in the KCA. This objection is connected to the last objection in
Cody Rudisill here for my first short foray into ATP. The guys over at Philocosmology released a draft of Sean Carroll’s paper “Does the Universe Need God?” which is set to appear
Kevin McCarthy, a regular commentator here, has contributed this short review of a book which certainly looks like an interesting read with regards to arming one with evidence for common ancestry and evolution.
I have, over the years, been a keen objector to the Kalam Cosmological Argument, an argument that apologists like William Lane Craig use to posit the existence of a creator god for the
So occasionally some spontaneously generated comedy hits the mark, like a fine pinot noir. I thought it might be nice for a bit of light relief away from the philosophy and religion. Last
I was having a discussion about evolution over on another thread of a post I made from the other day. After explaining a few misconceptions and showing that evolution really does have a
This raises an interesting philosophical point which was raised in a New Scientist article last year:Don't get smart: The curse of knowledgeRichard FisherNew Scientist30 July 2011 pp 39-41Knowing less can
In 1859 Darwin spilled the first splashes Of his universal acid, and the effects were like magic Burning human arrogance into ashes In pretty much the same way that Copernican math did No,