Evolution is one of the most elegant and parsimonious scientific theories ever constructed. It unifies and adds insights to fields as seemingly unrelated as genetics (the mechanism behind inheritance and random mutation in evolution) and geology (the biogeography of fossil organisms that follows from evolution also helps support the theory of plate tectonics). And though …
Monthly Archive: March 2009
Mar 18
Abortion and Moral Personhood
Abortion, still a controversial political talking point, really shouldn’t be much of an issue. Whatever moral problems arise from abortion, properly conceived, stem from the fine gradient of cognitive and moral development that fetuses and children experience. And though the demarcation between the child worthy of moral consideration and the organism without the proper cognitive …
Mar 06
Ray Comfort, Defender of Deception
My friend Ziztur’s top ranked Amazon customer review of Ray Comfort’s book You Can Lead an Atheist to Evidence, But You Can’t Make Him Think, was recently deleted, along with every other negative review. Nearly 600 people had rated her review as helpful. And she has not only read the book, but is ripping all …
Mar 06
Women Problems
In general, the ladies and Mr. Saint Gasoline usually do not mingle very well together. Like oil and water, we don’t mix; and also like oil and water, when we are both put into a test tube we tend not to absorb each other and form a solution, which is probably good, or else swimming …
Mar 02
He Almost Convinced Me To Join The KKK
Normally there’s not much of interest on Livejournal, unless you’re strange enough to take delight in random teenage angst, constant bickering and flame wars, or incessant whining about one’s love life. But the following post from transformergeek is simply too good to resist quoting: So I decided to join the KKK… Sure, I don’t agree with …
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