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Category Archives: Science
For the Benefit of the Adversaries of Intelligent Design
It really disturbs me when terms are abused and this happens often. It is especially disturbing when those who are adversarial to the term in question use it to mean something it does not. This means they are either ignorant … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Creationism, Culture, culture war, Education, Evolution, Faith, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Rhetoric, Science
Tagged Evolution, ID, Intelligent Design, modernism
The Faith of Reason
A colleague of mine in the blogging world, Adrian Thysse commented on my last article, The Fifty-First Psalm in English Verse. His comment brought up some interesting and very important questions facing the world today. These questions are some of … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Creationism, Culture, culture war, Current News, educational, Evolution, Faith, Intelligent Design, Islam, Philosophy, psalms, Religion, Science
Tagged apologetics, Christianity, creation, culture war, Evolution, Faith, ID, Intelligent Design, Philosophy, rationality, reason, Religion, Science
A New Low for the New York Times
I read the New York Times every day, and on the whole I find it to be a pretty good source of news. Though the New York Times leans liberal as with most news agencies in the US, I do … Continue reading
Dragon Naturally Speaking and an Upcoming Book
I recently got Dragon NaturallySpeaking transcription software. I’ve been using it for the last couple days, and I am blown away! I’m using it to write this post right now, I also used it to write the last couple posts … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Christianity, Science, Tech, Trends
Tagged cool geek stuff, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Ecclesiastes book, Tech, transcription software, voice recognition software
Blinking Your Way Through Life
I recently heard an episode of “Culture Shock” on the BBC in which they were interviewing a Professor Gerd Gigerenzer (I’m not making that up) about his ideas on so called, intuition. His latest book Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Culture, Current News, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Trends
Where has all the Truth Gone? A Lamentation on the Scarcity of Truth
I am constantly amazed at how often people cherry pick the facts to suit their own arguments. I expect this from advertisements and unfortunately I have grown accustomed to spin in the news, but I am seeing it more and … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Education, Faith, General, Islam, Linguistics, Philosophy, Religion, Science
Intelligent Design’s War on Science Resolved, Sort of
Intelligent Design and its proponents have been accused of making a war on science. However, most of the leading figures in the I.D. movement are themselves scientists. It is not a matter of method; the methods of I.D. scientists are … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Culture, Current News, Education, Faith, Linguistics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Rhetoric, Science
OPIC, Organization of Petroleum Importing Countries
This is an issue I’ve put quite a bit of thought into and the more I think about it, the more I think it is a good idea. Oil exporting countries have formed a cartel that can set the price … Continue reading
Posted in Current News, Diplomacy, Islam, Oil, Philosophy, Politics, Science
There is NO Controversy! Note: The previous statement is controversial.
Often times people use the statement “there is no controversy” when engaged in a debate. It has enjoyed wide usage recently in the Evolution and Intelligent Design debates. The purpose is to express the certainty of one’s position, however there … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Current News, Linguistics, Philosophy, Rhetoric, Science