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YouTube - Swine Flu, Evolution, & Texas: Bill Maher
Bill Maher talks about Swine Flu, Evolution and Texas
Pharyngula: How to respond to requests to debate creationists
A professor at the University of Vermont, Nicholas Gotelli, got an invitation to debate one of the clowns at the Discovery Institute. Here's what they wrote.
'Creationists declare war over the brain' by New Scientist - RichardDawkins.net
Clearly, while there is a genuine attempt to appropriate neuroscience, it will not influence US laws or education in the way that anti-evolution campaigns can because neuroscience is not taught as part of the core curriculum in state-funded schools. But as Andy Clark, professor of logic and metaphysics at the University of Edinburgh, UK, emphasises: "This is real and dangerous and coming our way."
He and others worry because scientists have yet to crack the great mystery of how consciousness could emerge from firing neurons. "Progress in science is slow on many fronts," says John Searle, a philosopher at the University of California, Berkeley. "We don't yet have a cure for cancer, but that doesn't mean cancer has spiritual causes."
And for Patricia Churchland, a philosopher of neuroscience at the University of California, San Diego, "it is an argument from ignorance. The fact something isn't currently explained doesn't mean it will never be explained or that we need to completely change not only our neuroscience but our physics."
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"Progress in science is slow on many fronts," says John Searle, a philosopher at the University of California, Berkeley. "We don't yet have a cure for cancer, but that doesn't mean cancer has spiritual causes."
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The fact something isn't currently explained doesn't mean it will never be explained or that we need to completely change not only our neuroscience but our physics.
YouTube - Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Letter from God
"This poem isn't actually about religion. It is kind of irrelevant to the piece whether or not you believe in God or a God or anything like that. Thats not the point......"
Matt Damon: Sarah Palin is “Totally Absurd” | Matt Damon, Sarah Palin : Just Jared
Do the actuary tables and there’s a one out of three chance, if not more, that [John] McCain doesn’t survive his first term and it’ll be President Palin… It’s like a really bad Disney movie.
'Judge says UC can deny class credit to Christian school students' by SF Gate - RichardDawkins.net
A federal judge says the University of California can deny course credit to applicants from Christian high schools whose textbooks declare the Bible infallible and reject evolution.
Rejecting claims of religious discrimination and stifling of free expres
'Losing Sight of Progress' by Christopher Hitchens - Slate - RichardDawkins.net
The subterranean caverns and rivers of our world are one of the last unexplored frontiers, and the sheer extent of the discoveries, in Mexico and Indonesia particularly, is quite enough to stagger the mind. Various creatures were found doing their thing f
'Brainwashed by a parasite' by Neurophilosophy - RichardDawkins.net
When the fungus is ready to sporulate, the mycelia grow into the ant's brain. The fungus then produces chemicals which act on the host's brain and alter its perception of pheromones. This causes the ant to climb a plant and, upon reaching the top, to clam
Creation of new species - FreeThoughtPedia
Diane Dodd was also able to show allopatric speciation by reproductive isolation in Drosophila pseudoobscura fruit flies after only eight generations using different food types, starch and maltose.
15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense: Scientific American
Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don't hold up
Washington Post, "How Science Responds When Creationists Criticize Evolution"
Here with are criticisms you may hear, drawn from creationists and their literature, and responses based on what scientists have learned. What follows is not an attack on creationism but a defense of evolutionism.
Is God an Accident?
... the real problem with natural selection is that it makes no intuitive sense... When we see a complex structure, we see it as the product of beliefs and goals and desires.
Independent Online Edition > Science & Technology
The world's scientific community united yesterday to launch one of the strongest attacks yet on creationism, warning that the origins of life were being "concealed, denied or confused".
Is God an Accident? by Paul Bloom
Religious teachings certainly shape many of the specific beliefs we hold...But the universal themes of religion are not learned. They emerge as accidental by-products of our mental systems. They are part of human nature.
Science & Technology at Scientific American.com: 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense -- Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don't hold up
[T]he following list rebuts some of the most common "scientific" arguments raised against evolution. It also directs readers to further sources for information and explains why creation science has no place in the classroom.
EducationGuardian.co.uk | Higher | Richard Dawkins: Beyond belief
The renowned evolutionary biologist tells John Crace why he finds the resurgence of religion so annoying
The Blue Mountains passage that made Darwin wonder - National - smh.com.au
On January 12, 1836, a young English naturalist sailed into Sydney Harbour while on a global journey that led to a theory that shook the world.
Daily Kos: Know Your Intelligent Design Creationists: Phillip Johnson
The mission of the Intelligent Design PR movement as originally envisioned by Johnson is not limited to attacks on evolutionary biology. They see all science as lacking a proper theistic basis.
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