Thoughts on design
This is the cover illustration of the book, Rube Goldberg's Inventions!, was which compiled by Maynard Frank Wolfe from the Rube Goldberg Archives. The illustration depicts Professor Butts and the...
View ArticleAgnostic Intelligent Design
This is totally proof of... something I was cruising around the mighty internet when I found an article about Sarah Palin and Creationism over at the Atlantic. There’s not much to talk about here....
View ArticleScience Patriotism? Enlist Me!
While I am happy to discuss and argue dissenting viewpoints in the interpretation of data or the conclusions based on concrete evidence, I usually leave the critiquing of people’s more philosophical...
View ArticleRationally Speaking Podcast: Guest Eugenie Scott on the Status of the...
Our special guest this episode is Eugenie Scott, executive director of the National Center for Science Education, the premiere organization fighting for sound scientific educational standards in this...
View ArticleSome Words Actually Have Meanings…
Would you look at this man and say he ISN'T monkey-like? I don’t know why, in spite of almost all evidence to the contrary, I continue to expect an educated press. I read an article this morning in...
View ArticleLessons in evolutionary theory for all
From Charles Darwin's 1859 book "On the Origin of Species " In spite of (or perhaps because of) the prolific amount of posts PZ Myer’s pens for his blog Pharyngula over at Scienceblogs, I have trouble...
View ArticleA Non-Scientific Argument Against Intelligent Design
I was at Drinking Skeptically on Wednesday, trying to talk to people about how they should write for the Gotham Skeptic, because frankly, I get tired sometimes and I’d like to share that terrifying...
View ArticleLet’s see what we can do with this internet
What do you write on the Critical Thinking chalkboard? Driving back from the debate on Friday, Steve and I got into talking about critical thinking. I don’t remember how it happened. Talk about the...
View ArticleThe God of Creationism
Believe it or not, as an atheist I don't see this as an irrefutable text. As far as atheists are concerned, I think I come off being rather tame. I have never suggested that religion is some horrible...
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