UPDATE: I’ve heard from Dr. Randall, who objected to my characterization of her as an “atheist.” I apologize for that and add the correction she wishes to make: “. . . I rarely say I’m an atheist–I say I’m a nonbeliever. I actually think it’s a stupid word. (Do we have a word for non-most […]
Here’s what you get if you go to Google today, but what you will see at the link actually moves, and this is but a screenshot: What is it? To find out, go here. It’s great that the Google folks are science lovers, but what else would you expect? h/t: Veronica
According to many venues, including our own Chicago Tribune, a meter exploded over Russia this morning, scattering hot debris and injuring many people: CHELYABINSK, Russia — A meteor streaked across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, sending fireballs crashing to earth that shattered windows and damaged buildings, injuring more than 500 people. […]
According to MinutePhysics, the Templeton Foundation asked astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson to answer the question, “Does the universe has a purpose?” Now I’m not sure whether they paid him to answer (taking such money would, in my view, be offensive), but I don’t think they’ll like Tyson’s answer given in the short video below. (It’s […]
Unlike some of my readers, I don’t dismiss all academic philosophy as worthless. The discipline imparts the tools of logic and throught that can clarify questions and bring contradictions to light. I think it’s of most value in illuminating (but not necessarily solving) ethical problems and dilemmas, but of less value for working scientists. But […]
Sorry to inflict this on you, but really, you have to keep up with Sophisticated Theology™. This excerpt is from our old friend John Haught, in his article “Christianity and human evolution” in The Blackwell Companion to Science and Christianity (pp. 295-305). Halfway through this 600-page tome, whose editors J. B. Stump and A. G. […]
