But the truth is more complex. Bill Maher is a good example. He is an atheist, and has bought into forms of pseudoskepticism such as Jesus-mythicism and the anti-vaccination movement. <\/p>\n
Humans have a remarkable ability to compartmentalize. That\u2019s precisely the reason why one can encounter highly educated religious believers who have never applied their critical thinking skills to their religious beliefs, or investigated their faith with the same academic rigor they have in some other areas.<\/p>\n
On this very topic, although addressing politics rather than science, is an article in The Boston Globe<\/em> entitled \u201cHow Facts Backfire.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n Also in related news, Biologos continues a series<\/a> on evidence for evolution. Richard Hall mentions an article<\/a> that you just know young-earth creationists are going to misuse. Danut Manastireanu shares a quote\u00a0attributed to\u00a0the Buddha<\/a> that is relevant, and might seem like good advice, were it not for the fact that our common sense is not a reliable guide (as Buddhism<\/a> itself emphasizes!). Clayboy asks<\/a> if reason is God\u2019s practical joke.\u00a0Michael Heiser looks at claims<\/a> of dinosaur and human figurines having been found together. And Ted Herrlich<\/a> follows up on a post at The Panda\u2019s Thumb<\/a> about the evolution of Intelligent Design.<\/p>\n Jerry Coyne has posted a link to a new survey which seems to confirm the results of other surveys about knowledge of science, acceptance or rejection of mainstream science, and other related topics in the United States. I\u2019m astonished by his confidence that atheism is the key to combatting antievolutionism and other forms of anti-scientific […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-3279063725056294864?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\")