Whether through the inane and ridiculous rambling of well-meaning religious scientists or the outright lies and misrepresentations of creationists and other pseudo-scientists, the notion of science being somehow faith-based has become deeply embedded in the public perception of science. As an illustration of this notion, one need only look at Paul Davies’ well-known article “Taking …
Monthly Archive: February 2009
Feb 22
The Origin of Life (In My Pants)
Most people, at some point in their lives, have spilled cream of mushroom soup while trying to eat, type, listen to a podcast, and play a cello all at the same time. Modern life, which necessitates such multitasking, prevents one from enjoying cream of mushroom soup in silence and without interruption, the way nature intended …
Feb 17
The Decline of Philosophy
Philosophy, despite not being composed of four letters, is a dirty word. Granted, most parents would not run to cover their children’s ears or write angry letters to NBC should a primetime television show mention the dreaded P-word; instead they choose to guard their children from much more dangerous things, like nudity, as the sight …
Feb 16
Ode to Valentine’s Day
When I was younger, I used to abhor Valentine’s day, seeing it as little more than the idealization of my romantic hopelessness. Those Valentine’s days that were not spent in some depressed stupor, agonizing over some unrequited love, were instead spent relentlessly masturbating, my own tears serving as the lubrication. It was my most despised …
Feb 16
The Theist’s Nightmare
Ray Comfort, unlike the banana, is perhaps the greatest boon to atheism since Darwin discovered the process of evolution. His sheer idiocy, voiced with childish certainty, is almost incontrovertible proof against theism’s view of humanity’s place in the cosmos. What sort of malicious, foul entity would create a creature such as Ray Comfort as the …
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