Bloody awesome - rap and evolution
Some time ago, Robin Ince and some other comedians and skeptical minds came together to produce "9 Lessons and Carols for Godless People", a skeptical comedy and science carol service at
Jonathan MS Pearce
AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH - it's all going to pot!
I can't believe it. My country (UK) has a coalition government between a right-wing party, the Conservatives, and a left-wing party, the Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives are pretty much just right
Argument Against a Perfect Being Creating the World
I was listening to a podcast by bloggers Reasonable Doubts recently whereby one of the contributors, Justin Schieber, formulated a logical argument showing the inconsistency of the classic understanding of God, particularly a
Questions to ask God #2 - Heaven
So, following on from yesterday's video on hell, here is one on heaven. See what you think. Do you have any further arguments for or against heaven? [youtube]http://youtu.be/
Questions to Ask God #1: Hell
Some of you may have seen this video before, but I am going to run a few of my YouTube videos directly asking questions to God as set out in one of my
Does the world need yet another Creationist museum?
Here is an article from the Guardian in the UK. Another punch in the face to rationalism and serious science in supposedly the most advanced country in the world. Can't someone
"I only seem liberal because I believe that hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure and not gay marriage."
Why I love “The Newsroom” – left vs right vs truth (part 2 and some philosophy) McAvoy: I only seem liberal because I believe that hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure and not
Ockham's Razor and Christianity
Here is a definition of Ockham’s Razor: Occam's Razor: the principle that entities should not be multiplied needlessly; the simplest of two competing theories is to be preferred. This can
My Speak on Wikileaks
Some time ago when the whole Wikileaks scandal broke, I wrote to the Independent newspaper in the UK and had the letter published (wow, what fame!). Now that Julian Assange, in all his
Everything you wanted to know about Judas but were afraid to ask
I have recently been reading Richard Carrier’s excellent book “Proving History” which essentially sets out a case for the use of Bayes’s Theorem in historical contexts in order to work out
The Experience Machine: Would You Live In A Utopian Virtual Reality?
Is it better to live a life plugged into a machine which gives you some kind of utopia (think benign Matrix) than to live a life of ‘reality’ with all the misery, pain
A Kids' Magic Show and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle. Bizarre, but Cool.
So I was at the Mega-Multiple Meet Up in Moors Valley Country Park at the weekend. I have twin 2 year-old boys and our twin club and many other twin clubs around the