A month or so ago, I alerted UD readers that atheists in Florida were about to place their stone monument of the Ten “commandments” of atheism. Well, today they have unveiled their monument to atheism in front of the Bradford County, Florida, courthouse, right near a monument listing the traditional Ten Commandments from the Old […]
Month: June 2013
Nick Matzke – Book Burner?
Nick Matzke famously got the publishing company Springer to suppress the publication of the papers of a conference held at Cornell. See here. He did this without having seen, much less read, any of the papers. Obviously, his motivation could not have been the content of the papers. He was motivated by the mere fact that several […]
Why I am not a young Earth creationist (YEC)
I grew up in communities where most people held contradictory views of the history of life.
Research on tweeting shows Christians happier, less analytical
A sample of research that merely ignores demographics
Secular humanism is toast too? Atheist philosopher John Gray thinks so.
Something tells me that this Gray guy, though an atheist, is not in the running for Atheist of the Year.
Robert Marks of the Evo Info Lab on “Information — what is it?”
As promised earlier today, here is the vid of Dr Marks on Information and search success: embedded by Embedded VideoYouTube Direkt This clip will be especially revealing: So also will be this: And now, the challenge is on the table — where are ever so many celebrated algorithms bringing info in to the search problem? […]
Holy Rollers, Pascal’s Wager, If ID is wrong it was an honest mistake
A scandalous documentary about Christian gamblers was released in 2012 with me listed in the credits. 🙂 The documentary is about a group of Christians, the Holy Rollers, that took the casinos for 3.5 million dollars. Myself, by comparison, I’ve accumulated a relatively paltry sum of $30,000 or so over the years. I’ve been tossed […]
Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference—Is a new definition of information needed for biology?
“Unfortunately, all of these traditional definitions lack aspects that even non-specialists recognize as being essential attributes of information.”
From the Best Schools I
Engineers can be … unemployed? (Yes, with qualifications.) “Unwelcome speech” banned at University of Montana Medical student loans: Debt relief for working in underserved areas? The stomp Jesus prof has his old job back Is government promotion of science (higher) education a bad idea? (A surprising source weighs in.) Enjoy!
Open Mike: Cornell OBI Conference—Can you answer these conundrums about information?
“Information is information, neither matter nor energy.” But then the puzzles start.
From the Best Schools II
Enjoy!
Major brain wiring claim is overturned? Challenges dogma?
Oh dear, where IS that Kevin Padian when we need him? In what sense are modern mammals “more evolved” than modern reptiles?
Joining the list of causes of the Cambrian explosion …
The “Great Unconformity”
Open mike: Origin of Biological Information conference: Origin of life studies flatlined
The origin of life is the most vexing problem facing contemporary science. Agree? Disagree?
Have a look at this robotic ape …
“just one of several “biologically inspired” robot explorers under test, including robot insects.”