A great feature of the scientific endeavour is that our ideas, hypotheses and theories are usually tested against reality. In fact we get very worried when we can’t do this. Consequently there h… more →
Open Parachutedoctore0 wrote 1 week ago: Debate – Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennett vs Dinesh D’Souza, Shmuley Bot … more →
larvalsubjects wrote 1 week ago: Whenever the concept of memes comes up it seems that people get really incensed. I’m baffled b … more →
tildeb wrote 2 weeks ago: How many time have you heard the comparison that atheists are as fundamental in their ‘belief … more →
Ken wrote 3 weeks ago: A great feature of the scientific endeavour is that our ideas, hypotheses and theories are usually t … more →
gratiaetnatura wrote 3 weeks ago: Richard Dawkins. Daniel Dennett. Christopher Hitchins. Stephen Pinker. Peter Singer. These are some … more →
Ken wrote 3 weeks ago: Book Review: The New Atheism: Taking a Stand for Science and Reason by Victor Stenger Price: US$12.9 … more →
traleigh wrote 1 month ago: Researchers from Edinburgh University have claimed to show that stage illusionists and magicians rel … more →
Ken wrote 1 month ago: Book Review: The Crucible of Consciousness: An Integrated Theory of Mind and Brain by Zoltan Torey P … more →
dophilosophy wrote 2 months ago: Consciousness is perhaps the most perplexing phenomena left unexplained in the natural world. There … more →
deniz cem önduygu wrote 3 months ago: Whenever I listen to or watch a recording of Michel Foucault talking, a question pops up in my mind. … more →
Miguel wrote 3 months ago: Robert Wright, a journalist, scholar, and prize winning author of best selling books on science, evo … more →
hambydammit wrote 3 months ago: I’ve had several private correspondences over the last couple of days dealing with what I … more →
larvalsubjects wrote 3 months ago: Responding to my post on the Game of Life and Emergence, John Doyle, over at Ktismatics, speculates … more →
larvalsubjects wrote 3 months ago: I came across the game of life in Darwin’s Dangerous Idea and decided to research it a little … more →
larvalsubjects wrote 3 months ago: Working through Darwin’s Dangerous Idea with my students, I naturally have memes on my mind th … more →
larvalsubjects wrote 3 months ago: In email today an old friend of mine asks, Currently I’m having a bit of a spat with other graphic d … more →
Ubiquitous Che wrote 3 months ago: Hey people. Just a quick post. I stumbled on this post today. I left a response which was left to mo … more →
reidkane wrote 4 months ago: Ben Noys on the agency problem in Marxism. To briefly recapitulate, there is a debate as to the rela … more →
kirkhouse wrote 5 months ago: I sat in with another band not to long ago. I had played with some of the member at a private party … more →