Brian Dalton (Mr. Deity) in his Way of the Mister (WOTM) video series, exposes the fundamental conflict in values of religion and science that fuel the inevitable competing claims of Continue Reading →
Allison Gopnik Developmental Psychologist, Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Author of 4 books and hundreds of articles, Wall Street Journal columnist. I use her TED video below in Continue Reading →
V.S. Ramachandran. In a lecture delivered in Glasgow in 2012 Ramachandran includes a number of descriptions and explanations of rare and striking neurological conditions in his talk: The entire video Continue Reading →
DISPATCH FROM DOWN UNDER (WAZ note: “I have a penpal from the other side of the world who is a well educated secularist, teacher and writer who has graciously agreed Continue Reading →
Mick Jagger. Like Mick and the Stones, “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction.” Not really, but I can’t seem to get any comments on my posts here. This blog has had Continue Reading →
The soul, the inner essence, the self that is said to exist apart from your body that all religions teach unquestionably exists and has some sort of afterlife awaiting it, Continue Reading →
The animal cell. Science Daily reports on a new approach to the possible genesis and evolution of Eukaryotic cells, a key piece to the puzzle of the origins of life Continue Reading →
Michio Kaku youtube vid on consciousness: Wherein the theoretical particle/field physicist and science educator provides his own theory of consciousness. It’s a short 5 minute, entertaining video. As he recalls Continue Reading →
“The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society and the Birth of the Modern World” by Edward Dolnick. I love this book at a dozen levels, I’ll just relay a Continue Reading →
Over at the WEIT blog: “Why Evolution is True” Jerry Coyne analyzes William Lane Craig’s take on God’s listening to and occasionally answering Super Bowl Prayers. It’s a good piece Continue Reading →
