November 26th, 2009 by Justin
// This question is raised by a great (and biased) article today by Valerie Tarico on the Huffington Post. To be sure, there are otherwise intelligent people who believe in intelligent design, including some scientists. The question really is if there is sufficient evidence or argumentation on the intelligent design side to warrant reasonable doubt of [...]
November 23rd, 2009 by Justin
// I recently have been engaged in a back-and-forth with some of the bloggers on Elect Exiles. One of the bloggers, Drew, put forward some ideas for proving the existence of god. I am addressing these here because they seem to be common arguments put forward by the religious. In reference to Richard Dawkins, Drew [...]
November 20th, 2009 by Justin
// I haven’t been following Richard Dawkins closely of late, but I recently came across an excellent article he wrote earlier this year dealing with the topic of his most recent book on the evidence for evolution. Here’s a good series of talking points for the evolution side: Why, then, do we speak of “Darwin’s theory of [...]
November 10th, 2009 by Justin
// An interesting little debate has developed in the last few days and weeks surrounding the issue of Einstein’s theory of relativity. Only this time, it’s not conservatives vs. liberals–the rightists are turning on each other. I’ll leave it to you to read about the whole sordid affair, but suffice it to say that conservatism [...]