Does homeschooling reduce childhood obesity? Yes, and the key meal is lunch. Plus four more stories.
Month: October 2013
Is apologist William Lane Craig a follower of Darwin?
Or is there some misunderstanding? And why now, for crying out loud, when even atheists are checking out at various points?
Halloween frite: First venomous crustacean found
Okay, due to technical hassles, we missed the Fri nite frite last week, but whaddayaknow, if it isn’t Halloween. We can’t do a spook frite because the Darwinian atheists beat us to it (at least one of them believes in them, and he isn’t the only one either). Believing in them ruddy spoils the fun! […]
A hypothetical question for neo-Darwinists, on the age of the earth
Recently I came across a fascinating biography of Lord Kelvin over on the creationist Website, crev.info. That article gave me the idea for an interesting hypothetical question, which I’d like to put to evolutionary biologists and other defenders of Darwinism. If Professors Jerry Coyne, Larry Moran or P. Z. Myers want to weigh in, I’d […]
Darwin’s Doubt author Steve Meyer on methodological naturalism (materialism)
The simple fact is, information (the substance of the mind) is not material, and cannot be dealt with as if it were. That fact cannot – by definition- be allowed to penetrate the fog.
Methodological naturalism guarantees that understanding consciousness will always be an impasse.
One may as well talk about the evolution of the number 7.
Is Being Sure You Are Right Always a Bad Thing?
I appreciate all of those who participate here at UD. We have some great debates. Here’s one of them. Mark Frank (whom I thank for sparking this debate) thinks it is wrong to be certain: It has usually been the people who are sure they know what is right who have done the most terrible […]
Study in Science could fertilize your lawn
According to Slate, one of the tested articles producing lower empathy than great books was a Smithsonian piece about the potato … another was about air mice (house sparrows).
Amateur blows up false theory
Background: The theory was well credentialed. Now cited in academic journals over 350 times … But Brown smelled bullshit.
On the Impossibility of the Evolution of Consciousness
Consciousness could not have evolved from “simpler” states of matter, because it is not a state of matter. To say that consciousness evolved from matter is like saying Newton’s theory of gravity evolved from apples. Even if for the sake of argument one concedes that natural selection might account for the development of a material […]
Publisher of Pandas textbook offers “The Untold Story of Dover”
FTE: Contrary to Judge Jones’ ruling that Pandas was originally intended to advocate creationism, FTE in fact agreed with previous court rulings against teaching actual creationism in public schools.
Texas Tech paleontologist suggests life originated in craters full of hot water
The best organized stew in the history of the planet.
Is there really any dark matter?
New research makes one wonder. It is 80% of the universe’s matter, but we can’t find any?
Atheism and religious belief in America: interesting trends
I always love a good survey, and the latest Yougov survey of the religious beliefs of Americans does not disappoint. The survey of 996 adults, conducted on 17-18 October 2013, contains quite a few interesting revelations about atheism and religious belief in America. Among the highlights: * Only 76% of Americans now claim to believe […]
Quote of the Day
“To materialists, words are nothing more than an evolved form of feces which hairless apes fling at that which displeases them.” William J Murray