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Another befuddled person touts panpsychism, proposing some possible (but impossible) tests of the idea that all matter is conscious
Published: 28/05/2020I continue to be baffled by the presence and lucubrations of apparently sentient people who claim that consciousness inheres in all matter, from electrons to us. This view that everything (including t ... Read moreSource: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com -
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This Isn’t a Culture War, It’s a Pandemic
Published: 28/05/2020This feels like pandering. That's what it feels like. Talking ad nauseam about getting churches reopened (and simultaneously portraying those who want to keep churches closed as somehow anti-Christian ... Read moreSource: www.patheos.com -
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Individual Conversion Stories Aren’t As Impressive As You Think
Published: 27/05/2020Would Cook urge these same Christians to read books written by LGBTQ individuals about their deconversion from evangelical Christianity and their embrace of their identities as queer people? Almost ce ... Read moreSource: www.patheos.com
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Trump reelection committee demands artist rescind political cartoon, asserting that drawing a “MAGA hat” is a trademark violation
Published: 27/05/2020As reported by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF; who knew?), as well as an account on The Daily Kos by cartoonist Nick Anderson, the organization Donald Trump For President, Inc. has taken leg ... Read moreSource: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com -
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Watch SpaceX’s Demo-2 launch live (if it isn’t scrubbed)
Published: 27/05/2020As you surely know, SpaceX is about to launch two “mature” astronauts up to the International Space Station today. The launch was set for earlier this morning, but apparently has been dela ... Read moreSource: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com -
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Today: Rosemary Grant gives an online talk on speciation
Published: 27/05/2020Rosemary Grant, along with her partner Peter Grant at Princeton, have done pathbreaking work on speciation, particularly in the finches of the Galápagos islands. (They’re a close team, and even ... Read moreSource: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com
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Manager’s wildlife photos: the tale of Sam the Duckling
Published: 27/05/2020Today’s “wildlife” comprises photos and videos of Sam, the orphan duckling I rescued last week. I have to say that spending a day and a half with this duckling was one of the lovelie ... Read moreSource: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com -
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Lessons From Amy Cooper and Franklin Templeton
Published: 26/05/2020Last night I started seeing posts pop up in my social media feed from a bird watcher who was accosted by a white woman while watching in Central Park. It absolutely broke my heart. Take a look at Amy ... Read moreSource: skepchick.org -
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Evangelicals Can’t Have It Both Ways on Race
Published: 26/05/2020If Metaxas truly cares deeply about black people and about combating racism, he should want to listen when people tell him that something he has said is racist or deeply harmful. He should want to lis ... Read moreSource: www.patheos.com
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The Science of Happiness, and How to Be Happy in Quarantine
Published: 26/05/2020This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: Let’s take a break from pandemic news to talk about some actually g ... Read moreSource: skepchick.org -
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Some Christians Are Using the Pandemic as an Anti-Gay Trojan Horse
Published: 25/05/2020Can the pandemic be an answered prayer? This is the question Rosaria Butterfield posits in a guest column on Desiring God, far-right theologian John Piper's blog. Her answer, of course is yes. The rea ... Read moreSource: www.patheos.com -
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Coronavirus Denialists Finally Get a Real Scientist to Tell Them They’re Right
Published: 23/05/2020This post contains a video, which you can also view here. To support more videos like this, head to patreon.com/rebecca! Transcript: Last month I mentioned that conservatives were using talking points ... Read moreSource: skepchick.org
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Hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine are not only useless in treating Covid-19, but very harmful
Published: 22/05/2020Well, it’s official (I mean, of course, “provisional”): a new and large study published in the medical journal The Lancet (second link below; click screenshots to go to both articles ... Read moreSource: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com -
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Diversity in colleges: How much and how long?
Published: 22/05/2020Few colleges, I think, are immune from the growth of “Diversity and Inclusion” (D&I) initiatives, including ours. And they’re spreading over time, not only among colleges but als ... Read moreSource: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com -
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Quickies: Viruses indoors, viruses outdoors, and Space Force shenanigans…
Published: 22/05/2020Happy Friday! If I didn’t do my weekly Friday Quickies, would I even know what day it was? First, COVID-related items: Why, yes, I AM going to keep insisting that everyone read about how time du ... Read moreSource: skepchick.org
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Storing Carbon to Mitigate Climate Change
Published: 22/05/2020Here is a tiny bit of good news on the climate change front: A new analysis finds that there is more than enough storage space globally to fit the carbon we would need to capture and store if we wish ... Read moreSource: theness.com -
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Island of Aquarius: Face to Face with Moro Kunda
Published: 22/05/2020I can't even with this book. Read moreSource: www.patheos.com -
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‘Plandemic’ Asks Questions—But Won’t Answer Them
Published: 21/05/2020Earlier this month, a YouTube video for an (apparently) upcoming documentary titled Plandemic was released by Mikki Willis (credited onscreen as “father/filmaker” [sic]). The video features a lengthy ... Read moreSource: centerforinquiry.org
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Lori Loughlin and Massimo Giannulli finally plead guilty in “Admissiongate”
Published: 21/05/2020After insisting for months that they were not guilty of bribing their daughters’ way into the University of Southern California by presenting fake resumes as athletes, actor Lori Laughlin and he ... Read moreSource: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com -
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A rough night: Duck farming isn’t for sissies!
Published: 21/05/2020Well, it was quite a night last night. I was home with little Sam, who turned out to be so demanding of affection that I couldn’t leave him in his warm box, as he’d peep incessantly, loud ... Read moreSource: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com -
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The New York Times is dying before our eyes
Published: 20/05/2020by Greg Mayer The New York Times is dying before our eyes, and for longtime subscribers, such as myself, it is a sad and painful experience. From Orwellian editorial practices to crusading for wokeism ... Read moreSource: whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com