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Monthly Archives: March 2013
What the American Right Looks Like in 2013
__________ The above image is of a ouroboros (a serpent biting its tail). Nothing gets in. Nothing gets out. It’s why the right is so goofed up in the United States right now. Its epistemic closure divorces it from reality. And … Continue reading
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Tagged America, conservatism, epistemic closure, hannah arendt, ideology, ouroboros, Red State, right wing, rush limbaugh
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Evolution Outside of the Science Classroom
If you’re a college instructor, and the subject of evolution comes up in a class, and you are not a scientist yourself, what should you say about it to your students? Here are some things that might help you think … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, college, critical thinking, Darwin, evolution, God, philosophy, science, teaching
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The Bible Verse Reinhold Niebuhr Chose As Most Essential
If but one Bible verse survived after a global cataclysm, what verse would you hope got preserved? The famous theologian Reinhold Niebuhr was asked this question in 1954 of a magazine editor, and here was his response: The passage of … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, capitalism, God, Jesus, mercy, Nietzsche, philosophy, Reinhold Niebuhr, selfishness, the Bible
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Bill Maher on the New Pope
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Tagged atheism, atheist, Bill Maher, Catholicism, gay marriage, hypocrisy, Jesus, Pope
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A (Dark) Thought for Spring
Sara Davis, writing for The Smart Set website from Drexel University, links contemporary zombie fascination with vanitas still life Dutch paintings (and Ecclesiastes in the Hebrew Bible): [T]oday’s bogeyman and morality tale is a decaying body, a walking (or running) … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, cycles, death, fitness, fruit, gym, life, sex, spring, the body, zombies
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Jerry Coyne’s Claim: Science And Religion Are Not Compatible
The religious emperor has no clothes? Evolutionary biologist Jerry Coyne is being a bit of a bomb thrower here with his claim that science and religion are flat out incompatible. See if you agree with his arguments. Is he clearing … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, evolution, God, Islam, jerry coyne, Jesus, religion, science
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X Marks the Flop: The Real Problem for Cultural Conservatives Going Forward
Whether you’re an anti-gay evangelical activist or a Muslim dreaming of a new caliphate, here’s the really big picture: liberal attitudes are well adapted to urban life and culturally conservative ones are less so. And the world’s demographics are moving … Continue reading
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Tagged demographics, fundamentalism, Islam, left, right, rural, rush limbaugh, Sarah Palin, tea party, urban
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A Nice Example of How Conspiracy Theories (and Religions) Work
The below video is a perfect deconstruction of conspiracy theories and religious stories (in my view). Lay before the world an engaging and logically possible narrative, highlighting along the way anything that might lend it plausibility. Then wait for people … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, atheist, conspiracy theories, God, Islam, Jesus, psychology, religion
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A T-Shirt I’d Like to See
If I were going to make a t-shirt and sell it, here’s what it would say: Show Me the Evidence Just because something is logically possible, it doesn’t mean it’s actual or even probable. __________ If people brought this simple … Continue reading
Why Do Grandmas (Post-Menopausal Women) Exist?
Judith Shulevitz at The New Republic homes in on two theories: the “stopping-early hypothesis” and the “grandmother hypothesis”: In 1957, the evolutionary biologist George Williams proposed what is called the “stopping-early” hypothesis: Middle-age women need baby-free time to usher their youngest children into … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Charles Darwin, elderly, evolution, life, medicare, obamacare, senior citizens, social security, taxes
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Ye Shall Be As Gods?
Wearable computing in the form of smartwatches may be the next big extension of man (and woman). Here’s The Los Angeles Times on what Apple appears to be up to: [Smartwatch owners may soon be able to] read emails, Facebook notifications … Continue reading
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Tagged apologetics, apple, atheism, atheist, God, Jesus, religion, Republican party, technology
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A New Republican Language on Gay Marriage?
Here’s hoping:
Rand Paul Speaks the Truth
I’m no fan of Rand Paul, but his directness in the below Politico article on the GOP’s national troubles impresses me. Here’s Politico: Republican leaders are questioning the interventionist foreign policy that President George W. Bush and the party’s last two … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, America, conservatism, rand paul, rush limbaugh, Sean Hannity
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Ludwig Wittgenstein for Beginners
First thought. To get a handle on the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, one can start with a simple question: what does the scientist (as opposed to the philosopher) do and accomplish? The answer seems pretty straightforward. The scientist reasons and experiments … Continue reading
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Tagged language games, Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosophy, rhizomes, richard rorty, science, truth
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Prometheus Unbound 