Science as a way of life
I am working on some very smart things to say here. Really. Meanwhile, there's this and this. Welcome.
November 30, 2006
Category: Prime Stream
Let me put it mildly. Mr Deepak Chopra's post on Dawkins book is an intellectual abomination. [via Pharyngula] The kind of vomit only a cauldron of idiocy can spew out. Chopra calls a muddled rant on color perception as a...
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November 29, 2006
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Although it is hard to resist blogging, I've been taking a sort of reading break to catch up on my reading. Here's the last two books I've read. How Mumbo-jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions by...
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November 27, 2006
Category: Creative commons
Some sensible things happening over here in the rainy country. No copyright extension for songs reports the BBC. At present, copyright for artists (not the same as composers, who get 120 years of exclusive rights) extends for 50 years in...
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November 26, 2006
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Ramya has started reading The God Delusion and asked what's the reference to Imagine by Lennon in the first few pages. Here's Lennon performing Imagine at Google Videos. Imagine no religion. It's not that hard....
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November 23, 2006
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I was watching many of the videos at Beyond Belief yesterday evening. They are well worth your time, particularly if you want to understand the historical narratives of science and religion. When Carolyn Porco was talking (video, last speaker) about...
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November 21, 2006
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A very readable article in NY Times on Science and Religion. Here's something that I find inane that touches upon meaning and purpose of life. "There are six billion people in the world," said Francisco J. Ayala, an evolutionary biologist...
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November 18, 2006
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A fundamental difference between religious faith and science pertains to hope. Underlying religious faith is the belief that God knows everything and controls everything. In any religion, human capacity is at best subservient to God's will. This is a sorry...
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November 14, 2006
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The Q&A session by Dawkins after the reading of The God Delusion in Lynchburg, VA . All the standard questions of the believing brigade properly disposed off. Fabulous. The video plays for about an hour. The Colbert Episode. Dawkins plays...
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During my visit to India last month, I promised myself that I would accomplish one important task. I would do everything in my power to eliminate the tech support role that I was playing to my parents. You see, my...
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November 08, 2006
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Hurray! Without further delay, here are the results of TheScian Science Fiction Short Story Contest 2006! 1. 'The Asylum at Bergen' by Aditya Sudarshan (Winning entry) 2. 'To Sleep Perchance to Dream' by Rohinton Daruwala (second best) 3. 'Now We...
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