Daily Archives: December 7, 2009

Richard Dawkins: Atheist, Evolutionist, Sexist?

In Richard Dawkins’s recent editing of an anthology of modern science writing, a female scientist notices something: Got myself an early yule present today; “The Oxford book of modern science writing” . . . Of 83 texts Professor D has … Continue reading

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Qualia and the Ontological Mystery for Beginners

The difference between a problem and the experience of a mystery:

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Barack Obama: Climate Change’s Neville Chamberlain?

Environmental peace in our time? At Salon today, environmentalist Bill McKibben says that, with regard to global warming, civilization has an existential threat before it akin to Adolf Hitler. The slow-working of politics as usual, in other words, won’t work. You … Continue reading

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Why I’m an Agnostic (and Not an Atheist or Theist)

I would liken my agnosticism about God and the afterlife to someone who is agnostic about life on Mars. At this point in the 21st century, we have enticing Martian clues about methane on the planet, but nothing definitive (it could be … Continue reading

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