Daily Archives: December 8, 2009

The Present is Where Isaac Newton and Niels Bohr Meet? An Intriguing New Theory of the Block Universe!

And it might even preserve free will. Technology Review (published by MIT) reports today that two physicists have a new idea about what it means to live in a block universe: Today, Ellis and Rothman introduce a significant new type of block … Continue reading

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Climate Change Watch: A Reminder of the Mentality That Barack Obama Faces

Representative John Shimkus, earlier this year, on why there’s no need for any serious concern about global warming:

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Robert Wright on New Atheism’s Real World Impact

A piece on the New Atheist movement, written by Robert Wright, appeared this past week at Foreign Policy’s website: [T]he New Atheists’ main short-term goal wasn’t to turn believers into atheists, it was to turn atheists into New Atheists — fellow fire-breathing preachers … Continue reading

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A Moderate Muslim Interviews a Suicide Bomber

This Pakistani television interview, with English subtitles, I think emphasizes the importance of Westerners not to make blanket and stereotyped observations about “what Muslims believe” as a group. As with the majority of Christians and Jews, the majority of Muslims are … Continue reading

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