An irregular exploration of the struggle between the power of rational discourse and the scientific method on one hand, and the forces of superstition and dogma on the other.
James Hrynyshyn is a freelance science journalist based in western North Carolina, where he tries to put degrees in marine biology and journalism to good use.
The Demon-Haunted World:
Science as a Candle
in the Dark,
by Carl Sagan
(A
review)
The Doubter's Companion:
by John Ralston Saul (Excerpts)
Skeptic Magazine: www.skeptic.com
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal: www.csicop.org
A poem by Yehuda Amichai:
The
Place
Where We Are Right
The Meaning of the
Island of Doubt
By doubting we come to inquiry; and through inquiry we perceive truth.
--- Peter Abelard
Undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.
-- Richard Dawkins
As for evolution, it happened. Deal with it.
-- Michael Shermer.
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Category: climate
Posted on: September 18, 2007 1:18 PM, by James Hrynyshyn
The best line from the Emmy's on Sunday night was Stephen Colbert, replying to Jon Stewart's suggestion that award ceremonies might bewasteful and bad for the environment:
Colbert: Jon. If entertainers stop publicly congratulating each other, then the earth wins.
Of course, I didn't actually watch the entire Emmy Awards show, so I suppose someone else could have said something wittier. But I doubt it.
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Comments
There are few wittier than Colbert. Hitchens comes to mind, but I really doubt he would be at the Emmys!
Posted by: J-Dog | September 18, 2007 2:08 PM