Richard Armitage and freedom of assembly
I just highlighted a creationist microscopist who was (allegedly) fired from California State-Northridge for his religious beliefs. There were a few links in my...
Tag: Tolerance
On Christians and lions
Sociologist George Yancey discusses his new book So Many Christians, So Few Lions, which highlights the anti-Christian bigotry of America’s elite: Obvious...
‘Scientific thinking’ as a barrier to diversity in science
A couple months ago my friend Kenny Gibbs wrote a great post about diversity and science for Scientific American. I want to reflect on this sentence (emphasis...
On lines of causality
Yet again a commenter has provided some fantastic insights. I encourage you to read Gregor’s thoughts on my last post. For now I’d like to discuss t...
Have you heard of Wilt Chamberlain?
[My thoughts in essay form. Long-time readers will find it familiar. Feel free to share.] Tonight’s debate on creationism between Ken Ham and Bill Nye will end—...
Trend analysis, cont.
My writing here mostly uses the harm principle/individual rights/tolerance frameworks. Since there’s no hard evidence creationist beliefs cause actual har...
There’s more to life than voting
To finally respond to the substance of Dan’s comment, here he is asking how voters should think about politicians who believe in creationism: If my congre...
Tolerance and the right to be wrong
Jonathan Haidt describes the moral reasoning of educated Americans: If you’re an educated and politically liberal Westerner, you’ll probably acknowl...