Top Ten Creationist Arguments
Posted in Pseudoscience, Religion on Jun 20th, 2010 | Viewed 502 times
These videos may be a few months old, but they are quite good. They run through some of the many ridiculous arguments creationists often use.
The tension between science and religion
Posted in Pseudoscience, Religion, Science on Oct 6th, 2009 | Viewed 1168 times
A talk by physicist Steven Weinberg. It is well worth the listen. “Steven Weinberg, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Texas at Austin, where he founded its Theory Group and holds the Josey Regental Chair of Science, was awarded the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with colleagues Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow [...]
Liberals vs. Fundies
Posted in Pseudoscience, Religion, Science on May 29th, 2009 | Viewed 452 times
This story popped up both in my New Scientist and my Panda’s Thumb feeds today. New Scientist: Christians battle each other over evolution Panda’s Thumb: But it’s not about religion … So basically, we have the Discovery Institute, the pseudo-scientific Seattle organization, promoting Intelligent Design, who has launched a new website, Faith+Evolution. There they ask: [...]
Pigheaded Creationists
Posted in Pseudoscience, Religion on May 24th, 2009 | Viewed 975 times
So, Michael Behe is still at it, 13 years after his book, Darwin’s Black Box, which has been a complete failure in proving Intelligent Design. Apparently a recent article in Science (or read the blog article) has caused Behe to write a letter in response, which Science did not wish to publish, naturally. Instead Behe [...]