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SSP episode 2: David Deutsch and explanations.

Posted on April 4, 2022 by waz — Leave a reply

The physicist David Deutsch. I learn something each time I listen to this guy-its ridiculous. His writings and presentations really exemplify and explicate the SSP-Secular Scientific Perspective, especially with regards Continue Reading →

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TORT-The Obsolescence of Religious Thought episode II.

Posted on March 24, 2022 by waz — Leave a reply

Two weeks ago I submitted a full-blown 25 page, 13,000 word book proposal on “The Obsolescence of Religious Thought” (TORT), to a book agent that publishes religious titles. Previously, since Continue Reading →

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Rational Optimism vs. Religious Pessimism: a Secular Science Perspective episode 1.

Posted on January 29, 2022 by waz — Leave a reply

It is time to replace the pervasive “things are always getting worse” outlook that frets that “temptation and sin are always lurking around the corner” or that “disaster is but Continue Reading →

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SCIENCE vs. “Other ways of knowing” Hint: There are none.

Posted on July 1, 2021 by waz — 11 Comments ↓

I am an unabashed scientismist. Scientism is often derogatorally described as an overuse, over confidence in science, and an arrogant refusal to see there are other “ways of knowing” usually Continue Reading →

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ON HOLD: Science and Secularism Podcast

Posted on September 17, 2020 by waz — Leave a reply

8 classes, house projects, a bit of travel, WRITING A CHAPTER for an edited volume to be published hopefully it the next year or so, and squeezing in minimal research Continue Reading →

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Science and Secularism Podcast: Progress Report

Posted on April 14, 2020 by waz — 1 Comment ↓

Well, here’s the YouTube channel banner graphics I just received yesterday. A take-off on the Apollo 8 photo (still copyrighted, I believe), that says what I want to express at Continue Reading →

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D.O.N.E. YouTube Channel in the Works, FINALLY! WooHoo!

Posted on January 26, 2020 by waz — Leave a reply

The “Defenders of the New Enlightenment” (D.O.N.E.) YouTube channel of science and secular podcasts hosted by yours truly, Dr.Z, the Unbelieving Scum, is FINALLY in the works. I’m about a Continue Reading →

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MCFH Goes to the Fair!

Posted on August 18, 2019 by waz — Leave a reply

My new secular group, the McHenry County Freethinkers and Humanists, but 9 months old now, had a booth at the McHenry County Fair 2 weeks ago in my hometown of Continue Reading →

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Gen Z moves left, even “Conservatives.”The Kids are Allright.

Posted on March 26, 2019 by waz — 1 Comment ↓

Gen Z, those born between 1995 and 2010, many of whom are 18-24 right now and of voting age are, according to this NYT article Young Voters Keep Moving Left Continue Reading →

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While the Earth Turns Right, the World Inevitably Moves Left

Posted on January 12, 2019 by waz — Leave a reply

I’ve blogged numerous times on the apparent inevitability of liberal progressive ideas eventually overcoming the undying resistance of Conservatism: here, Here, and HERE…and there are 1/2 dozen more blogs on Continue Reading →

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