Mental gymnastics is pretty easy
David Barash asserts that you need “mental gymnastics” to reconcile science and faith: I CONCLUDE The Talk by saying that, although they don’t have ...
Month: September 2014
Stray links
Sorry for the light posting the past 10 days or so. Will continue for the rest of the week. In the meantime, check out these links, mostly unrelated to evolutio...
On lines of causality
Yet again a commenter has provided some fantastic insights. I encourage you to read Gregor’s thoughts on my last post. For now I’d like to discuss t...
On “using” evolution and expertise
I was all set to write a post asking what it meant to “use” evolution. But then a commenter went ahead and did it for me, and added some smart thoug...
Your science is not important
In a talk titled ‘Your Religion is not Important’, the Dalai Lama once said: I am not interested, my friend, about your religion or if you are rel...