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Being Human

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Oct 27, 2008 in News, Rants | 0 comments

In the essay Being human: Religion: Bound to believe?, Pascal Boyer delves into the evolution of religion. Is religion a product of our evolution? The very question makes many people, religious or otherwise, cringe, although for different reasons. Some people of faith fear that an understanding of the processes underlying belief could undermine it. Others worry that what is shown to be part of our evolutionary heritage will be interpreted as good, true, necessary or inevitable. Still others,...

Stein to Darwin: “Why don’t you just live quietly”

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Apr 17, 2008 in Links, News, Rants | 5 comments

In this interview, Ben Stein answers the following: 5. What would you like to say to Darwin? “You are a wealthy man, you married a wealthy woman, why don’t you just live quietly out in the countryside and not torture us with your half-baked suppositions, which have caused so much misery?” So, in essence, Stein wants Darwin to not have the same freedoms he is supposedly fighting for? Why don’t you just live quietly… Half-baked suppositions? Misery? Even if evolution...

Exposed Again

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Apr 14, 2008 in Rants | 1 comment

Since PZ Meyers has asked that we link to Expelled as much as we can, I decided to help out the cause. NOTE: I don’t usually do things just because I’m asked, as in the case of the Out Campaign “A” . I realized that we shouldn’t have to do this for many reasons. The scientific truth should (ideally) stand taller than fabrications and cute stories. But not always. How can the support for science (evolution, in this case) ever be equated with Nazism and/or Fascism? I...

What is science, again?

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Apr 7, 2008 in Essays, Rants | 4 comments

I was reading an interesting article at Black Sun Journal, which inspired me to ask “what is science, again?” In this article, BlackSun has a rare comment debate with a creationist and a homeschooler (with a biology degree) who teaches only creationism. So, what is science anyway? According to Science Made Simple: The word science comes from the Latin “scientia,” meaning knowledge. How do we define science? According to Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, the...

Are all ideas equal?

Posted by Rose Schwartz on Oct 29, 2007 in Videos | 0 comments

All ideas cannot be equal. While some ideas (in general) have some merit…there are just as many that are pulled out of thin air and repeatedly taught to future generations (as seen in this video). Here’s another one from cdk007: (Notice the song...