If you’re a Xian, offering balls of sweets to an elephant headed god before you buy a house or a car would seem the height of absurdity. But if you Continue Reading →
Last post I talked about how the 1969 moon landing was more than just another “flashbulb memory“: that it was unique among 20th century significant events. It wasn’t completely novel, Continue Reading →
Flashbulb memories are those few significant events, usually of such a national or international impact that they remain forever etched in our LTM (long term memory). We know exactly where Continue Reading →
William Lane Craig the darling of the Xian apologist set and probably the best they have to offer, is so convinced of his knowledge as provided to him by way Continue Reading →
“New Discovery Will Completely Revise…“, “Scientists Have to Rewrite…”, “Science Wrong Again.” Those headlines may grab the eye but they are incorrect and grossly overstated. New or better data doesn’t Continue Reading →
FUCK ME. I got two of ’em now. More to come, no doubt. Nothing ugly, yet. Mutual victims of lastword syndrome? Could be. I suspect it is deeper than that. Continue Reading →
TED videos have become regular additions to my classroom presentations for the past few years now. The format is great, 20 minutes tops, no professors droning on, no bullshit, no Continue Reading →
This post is dedicated to the “star” of Expelled who got me started: angry enough at his speaking appearance 2 years ago on campus to write my first editorial reproduced Continue Reading →
The Arrogance of Religious Thought, Part 1: “Man is innately depraved, Life is ALL about suffering, Sin is inevitable, Humans need the threat of eternal fire to behave, Morality is Continue Reading →
