Intelligent Design

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.

You know the story, mountain ranges formed, rivers changed course, islands formed, and other earth changes split populations into isolated parts which led to divergence, speciation and, well, the rest is history.  Given enough  read more

An article over at classical conversations takes on the establishment’s insistence that common descent is as well-evidenced as has been suggested.
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