Mitch Daniels IN Gov. full of Faith, Delusion, and Ignorance.

Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels recently went public with his ignorance of American history and paranoia about Athesist destroying the “real world”. Click here. He wants Atheists to “think very carefully”.  I have the same advice back at you Mitch my boy!  I have thought very carelfully, and it is precisely becasue I think that I [...]

Decoding Near-Death Experiences

NPR has been doing a series on the science of spirituality. I’ve only caught a couple of the broadcasts, but I found the final installment completely engrossing. [Mental note: renew NPR membership] I find the concept of this series incredibly fascinating, but there have to be a few caveats.
Barbara Bradley Hagerty, the series correspondent, grew [...]

Truth v. Facts: The Reality-Based Community

Sharon Begley at Newsweek has another article on what she hopes for the new Obama Administration: Reality-based Science.
We have lost so much due to misinterpretation (or perhaps dis-interpretation) of the facts. We have lost ground in the fight against global warming, stem cell research and other life sciences.
The truly poisonous legacy of the past eight [...]

Newsweek Science Article Discusses the Biology of Belief

There’s something to be said for the workhorse journalistic methods of print media. This in-depth article fascinated me because it really puts the science in very accessible terms, which is something that the masses need. I try to read Pharyngula and other science blogs, but there is only so much I can take before I [...]

Salem Witch Trials

Review: In Search of History, the Salem Witch Trials
Before the United States began, Massachusetts was filled with a small cult of Puritans who fled religious persecution in Britain only to bring it to the American shore.
Because life was hard in the early days of the colony, disease and starvation claimed many lives. People feared nothing [...]

Ignorance is nonpartisan

Phil over at the Bad Astronomy Blog notes an interesting Gallup poll that asked participants whether they believed:

that God created humans exactly as they are now sometime in the last ten centuries,
or that humans developed over millions of years but with guidance from God,
or that humans developed over millions of years and God had no [...]

Beyond Belief relationship issues. (The mini-series continues)

This is a follow up from my earlier post and Mighty’s asking, “Are you out with your family and friends about not believing in the supernatural?”
I spent a week in northern Michigan with my grandparents, brother, and his fiancée. In the summertime it is unbelievably beautiful. See some of the pictures from my [...]