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Intelligent Design/Race/Religion

Creationists aren’t the same as Holocaust deniers

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Praj / 3 Comments

In a typically eloquent post on trying to understand those whose beliefs we deem abhorrent, Ta-Nehisi Coates takes an unnecessary swipe at creationists:  “...

Book Reviews/Public Discourse/Religion

The meaning of belief

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Praj / 2 Comments

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...

Book Reviews/Religion

Natural Reflections Review, Part I

Posted on September 30, 2010 by Praj / 6 Comments

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...

Religion/Society

Quote for the day

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Praj / 3 Comments

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...

Basic Research/Blog Dump/Disunity/Religion

Miscellaneous hodge-podge

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Praj / 2 Comments

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 ...

Religion

Sam Harris is unscientific, part 2

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Praj / 0 Comment

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 ...

Philosophy/Religion

Sam Harris is unscientific

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Praj / 4 Comments

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...

Intelligent Design/Religion

Overreacting to creationism in Ohio

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Praj / 7 Comments

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...

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