Creationists aren’t the same as Holocaust deniers
In a typically eloquent post on trying to understand those whose beliefs we deem abhorrent, Ta-Nehisi Coates takes an unnecessary swipe at creationists: “...
Category: Religion
The meaning of belief
Given my long standing interest in clarifying the public vocabulary of science and highlighting the diversity of scientific practices, I was heartened to see Ba...
Natural Reflections Review, Part I
I just finished Barbara Herrnstein Smith’s wonderful book Natural Reflections: Human Cognition ad the Nexus of Science and Religion, and I can’t rec...
Quote for the day
From page 9 of Natural Reflections: …contemporary research and theory suggest that the cognitive tendencies that give rise to much of what we call religio...
Miscellaneous hodge-podge
Not just a hodge-podge, but a miscellaneous hodge-podge. Here’s what I’ve been reading: 1. A critique of the medical revolution by Emily Yoffe in ...
Sam Harris is unscientific, part 2
I don’t want to beat this issue to death, but I should draw attention to Matt Steinglass’s impressive take down of Sam Harris. It’s the type ...
Sam Harris is unscientific
Since my last post a few weeks ago, the blogosphere erupted with reactions to this Sam Harris TED talk (video below). Harris strangely believes science can be...
Overreacting to creationism in Ohio
So yet again creationism is flaring up, this time in a small Ohio town. Right now it looks like a lot of he said-she said. Did the teacher actually burn a cr...