Category Archives: Science

Coming out of the atheism closet

Posted on September 28, 2006 by Ted

A few weeks ago, Newsweek ran an article titled The New Naysayers. It was about a trio of newly-published books on atheism. The books are Breaking the Spell (by Daniel Dennett), A Letter to a Christian Nation (by Sam Harris) … Continue reading →

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Afterthought on HIV’s “intelligence”

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Ted

In my previous posting, I wrote about the “intelligence” of HIV virus. This has led me to the following afterthought: The HIV virus is a great example of the explanatory power of evolution. Here is an organism that, on any … Continue reading →

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Drawing the line on the emotions of animals and plants

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Ted

The other night I attended a talk by Jeffrey Mason, author of When Elephants Weep among several other books. I was not familiar with his work prior to this talk. While the talk skipped around a number of topics, its … Continue reading →

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DeVos, the Free Press & Intelligent Design: A broken record

Posted on September 21, 2006 by Ted

So…as quoted in an article from the Detroit Free Press, “Republican gubernatorial candidate Dick DeVos says he thinks Michigan’s science curriculum should include a discussion about intelligent design.” Oh, please. If I believed there might be a hell in an … Continue reading →

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