A while back I shared a quote from Samantha Field which I turned into a meme image. I’ve been thinking since then that “North Star” ought to be a song, exploring the theme of that quote. I’ve been tinkering with ideas and the above is a demo version of what I’ve come up with. Let me know what you think! The lyrics are in the video, and also below. North Star by James F. McGrath VERSE 1 We take a... Read more
A bit of poetry to start your work week. Via Marc Cortez Read more
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Apparently my criticisms of Intelligent Design and defense of mainstream science has cost me a friend. Yes, the individual in question did unfriend me on Facebook. But this is someone I know in real life. And I’ve never unfriended on Facebook someone I know in real life. I am connected on Facebook to all sorts of people from my childhood up until today, and I see plenty of posts from them on Facebook that disturb me, never mind merely disagreeing... Read more
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On my post about the Orwellian character of young-earth creationism, a commenter pointed out that a popular t-shirt series which deals with young-earth creationism also has one for doublethink: Read more
Via All Mesopotamia, I discovered that someone did 3D modeling of a ziggurat. Below is a sample. Click through to see more. Read more
Via PZ Myers and a couple of other people, I became aware of an article with the title “How The Internet is Taking Away America’s Religion.” Here is a chart from the article: There is definitely a need to avoid assuming that the correlation indicates causation. But I will certainly want to dig into the underlying study by Allen B. Downey, since it is relevant to the conference paper I will be presenting in November, which I mentioned here recently.... Read more
I’ve been working my way through George Orwell’s 1984 again with my students. Not long ago, when a pastor said that if the Bible said that 2+2=5 he would accept it, it was pointed out that this was precisely something that comes up in the effort to recondition Winston Smith in 1984. But in fact, young-earth creationism of a sort itself comes up. Here is the relevant passage, which I think is worth quoting at length: ‘But the world itself is only... Read more
When I saw this on Facebook I couldn't stop laughing. Hope you enjoyed it too! Read more
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