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- Appropriate thanks by Open Parachute on Nov 25, 2009
With the US Thanksgiving holiday coming up I thought it worth repeating this article from 2 years back. There are many religious ceremonies and prayers giving thanks to a god. I often think these are rude on two grounds: I many case these are impos...
- Those “climategate” emails by Open Parachute on Nov 24, 2009
The current “scandal” erupting around the hacking of servers at the University of East Anglias’ Climate Research Centre is rather predictable. The public release of stolen emails has been seized on by climate change deniers as evide...
- An Introduction to Evolution by Open Parachute on Nov 22, 2009
Book Review: The Tangled Bank: An Introduction to Evolution by Carl Zimmer Price: US$43:16 Hardcover: 394 pages Publisher: Roberts and Company Publishers; 1 edition (October 15, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 0981519474 ISBN-13: 978-0981519470...
- Distorting Darwin by Open Parachute on Nov 17, 2009
Poor old Charles Darwin. In this year of celebration, when me mark the 200th year since his birth and the 150th year since the publication of his great work The Origin of Species, he is being subjected to a real deluge of misrepresentation. The ideol...
- The rules of science by Open Parachute on Nov 15, 2009
PZ Myers has a great post Ten Questions to Ask Your Biology Teacher About Intelligent Design. It briefly discusses, and disposes of, some of the most common intelligent design (ID) arguments. And does it so clearly. He is a great writer – and I...
- Morality – from the heavens or nature? by Open Parachute on Nov 12, 2009
Yet another great video from the recent AAI Convention. It’s a presentation by Andy Thomson on the scientific approach to morality. I included a past lecture of Andy’s on terrorism in my post Now I’m to blame for Stalin! In this talk he...
- Vatican’s tempting offer to Anglicans is beyond satire by I may be wrong but ... on Nov 11, 2009
I’m still laughing having read a news report this morning that the Pope has made it easy for disaffected Anglicans to become Catholics while retaining their “Anglican perks” (they called it their “Anglican heritage”). If I wanted to write a...
