Over at Why Evolution is True, Professor Jerry Coyne has written a post entitled, Readers’ photos: a doomed caterpillar about the fate of a beautiful caterpillar being attacked by a parasitic fly that lays eggs on its victim. He quotes from a reader who took photos of the incident during an excursion to Vietnam: As I walked on I felt sorry for the beautiful caterpillar, knowing that it almost certainly was going to die an extremely unpleasant death (slowly being eaten alive by a maggot). Should I have interfered? This moral dilemma occupied me for a while. Nature is wonderful, but full of horrors, most of which go unnoticed. But Professor Coyne does not stop there. He quotes from a Read More ›

Well, it’s official. John Loftus has now departed from Freethoughtblogs, which is now run by P. Z. Myers, but has several atheist contributors. “Why?” you ask. Good question. Well, I’ve decided to let the protagonists speak for themselves. (1) P Z Myers at Freethought Blogs John Loftus has left the building (2) Natalie Reed, a new contributor to Freethoughtblogs whose critical thinking skills were apparently criticized by Loftus Target Audiences And Playing Nice (see also following comments) Thoughts From A Diversity Hire (3) Daniel Fincke, another contributor and a philosopher On the Qualifications of our Alleged “Diversity Hire”, Natalie Reed Not every blog is for everybody 3(a) Comments on Daniel Fincke’s blog by John Loftus and by other viewers criticizing Read More ›

As we continue to look at the issue of first principles of right reason, one of the key steps being taken by critics of the Law of Non-Contradiction [LNC] is to assert that we are here dealing with axioms unconnected to the real world, at least in relevant cases.

First, let us clip a recent comment to refresh our recollection of the why behind the classical laws of thought, which can here be seen as self-evident and thus “natural,” rather than arbitrary projections unto reality conditioned by genes and memes: Read More ›

When Thor Heyerdahl sailed Kon-Tiki from Peru to the South Pacific islands he noticed that squids occasionally fell onto the ocean-going raft. Did these legendary cephalopods fly through the air? Indeed they do fly hundreds of feet using their patented water gun propulsion system. Like a rocket, the high momentum of the squid’s ejected water translates into impressive acceleration through the air. As one writer explained:  Read more

Prominent climate alarmist caught in flagrante delicto: Lies, deceit, theft.