Daily Archives: October 15, 2009

Alien Abductions, Epistemology, and Eyewitness Testimony

If you believe in, say, the resurrection of Jesus or the historic existence of Cleopatra based on eyewitness testimony, why don’t you believe what these apparently sincere folks are saying as well? What makes some forms of eyewitness testimony more credible … Continue reading

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UFO Helium Balloon Boy Found Alive!

This in the New York Times about a half-hour ago: The 6-year boy, Falcon Heene, was just found alive, according to reporter Dan Frosch, who is at the boy’s house in Fort Collins, Colo. The Larimer County Sheriff, Jim Alderden, … Continue reading

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Teenage Mutant Nietzsche Turtles

In our future, at least according to this video (see the 4:00 minute mark):

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Unweaving Richard Dawkins’s Promissory Atheist Rainbow

In the preface to Richard Dawkins’s book, Unweaving the Rainbow  (1998, xi), he writes: I believe that an orderly universe, one indifferent to human preoccupations, in which everything has an explanation even if we still have a long way to go before … Continue reading

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New Milestone in the History of Gay Equality: First Gay Couple on the Newlywed Game!

George Takei (Lt. Sulu of Star Trek fame) and his partner went on the Newlywed Game this week! Come out, stay out, speak out.

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