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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. Mostly regarding climate change, though.
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.
"There is no need to sally forth, for it remains true that those things
which make us human are, curiously enough, always close at hand.
Resolve, then, that on this very ground, with small flags waving, and
tiny blasts of tinny trumpets, we have met the enemy, and not only may
he be ours, he may be us."
--Walt Kelly
Category: religiosity
Imagine the reaction if Francis Collins were to say "If science proves some belief of Christianity wrong, then Christianity will have to change."
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 10:09 AM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: religiosity
Poor Chris Mooney. He's found himself deep in the old "are science and religion compatible" debate. I usually try to stay out of this particular rabbit hole, but the Island of Doubt could use a traffic boost to make up...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 1:12 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: religiosity
I've been waiting for almost four years for an opportunity to connect homophobia and global warming, and finally I have it, thanks to the pope. Benny XVI the other day managed to compare the effort to save the planetary ecosystem...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 9:29 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: religiosity
As of 1700 UT on Sept. 4, 2008, Sam "The End of Faith" Harris had attracted 986 comments to a piece on Sarah Palin he wrote for the LA Times. I guess I need to write a bestseller attacking religion...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 1:01 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: religiosity
As far as I can tell, North Carolina's no different from the rest of America when it comes to religion. About a tenth of the population is free of religious conviction. That's not a big slice, but it could, in...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 3:29 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: religiosity
By now we've all seen the John McCain ad that juxtaposes Paris Hilton and Britney Spears with Barack Obama. Most of us probably recognize it as disingenuous use of imagery to make a flawed argument. Sadly, the same technique is...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 9:49 AM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: religiosity
If theists can be confused about their belief, why shouldn't some atheists be confused about their lack of belief?
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 9:48 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: religiosity
The way I see, it "In God We Trust" is more offensive than "I Believe."
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 7:46 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: religiosity
There are basically two kinds of news consumers. Those who will find David Brooks' latest creation from his corner of the New York Times stable of columnists absolutely irresistible and those who will cross the street to Fox News before...
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 2:50 PM • 16 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: religiosity
Clinton and Obama have agreed to talk about "how faith, scripture and public policy all come together."
Posted by James Hrynyshyn at 11:48 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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