by Carl Howard | May 10, 2012 | Blog Topics, Evolution and Biology, Science and Skepticism
I’m not talking about creationists, that goes without saying. I’m talking about the fact that a very high percentage of arguments by people who claim that evolution and religion are compatible are in fact nonsense. Via Jerry Coyne, an article in the Chronicle of...
by Carl Howard | May 7, 2012 | Atheism and Religion, Blog Topics, Super-Abridged Bible
[Introductory note: The book of Isaiah is an appalling mess. I’ve done my best to avoid repetition and to insert labels as to who’s speaking to whom. I have also changed between 1st, 2nd and 3rd person for ease of skimming so it’s often different in the original. But...
by Carl Howard | Apr 13, 2012 | Blog Topics, Links
How not to teach maths What’s it like to be a male survivor of rape at the hands of a woman? James Landrith tells his story. PZ Myers on an Islamic cleric who thinks FGM has medical benefits. The post quotes one of the most offensive sentences (by said cleric) I’ve...
by Carl Howard | Feb 13, 2012 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Medicine, Mind, Psychology and Consciousness, Science and Skepticism, Sex, Society
…is (in my opinion) a ridiculous organisation at whose core is sex-negative pseudoscience. I can’t remember how I stumbled onto their website, I think it was from looking at the keywords used to find the blog. But it’s quite shocking to see a viewpoint that’s so...
by Carl Howard | Feb 6, 2012 | Atrocities and Oppression, Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, History, Race, Science and Skepticism
An awesome letter has been making the rounds on the internet. It’s a 1865 reply by Jourdan Anderson (a former slave) to his former master Colonel P.H. Anderson. P.H. Anderson wrote asking Jourdan Anderson* to come back to work for him. Jourdan Anderson was living in...
by Carl Howard | Feb 5, 2012 | Biases and Fallacies, Blog Topics, Charity and Philanthropy, Resources, Food and Environment
With the recent Susan G. Komen For The Cure brouhaha, the question of what charities (especially very large charities) spend their money on has been in discussion once more. If you’ve been under a rock, a quick recap. Susan G Komen has recently cut funding to a...
