Carnival of the vacationing blogger #2
June 26, 2009 by Chris Hallquist
Filed under carnivalia, elsewhere, epistemology, humor, of the vacationing blogger, philosophy, politics, religion, science, stupidity
Hey, welcome to the second edition of the “Chris is on Vacation” blog carnival. This is going to be a lot of goofy stuff, though there are a few serious things I´ll start out with.
First–something I almost can´t believe I´m typing–Chris Mooney has put up a post effectively admitting that Jerry Coyne is right about [...]
Chris Mooney lies about scientific research
June 24, 2009 by Chris Hallquist
Filed under biology, religion, science, social and literary criticism, stupidity
This is almost too good to be true: a case of Chris Mooney telling an obvious lie about social science research on public attitudes towards science and religion. Mooney claims that there is a “silent majority” of Americans that believes science and religion are compatible (and “I am arguing on behalf of the silent majority”) [...]
Continue Reading »Does the comment system work now?
June 19, 2009 by Chris Hallquist
Filed under admin
I appear to have successfully posted a comment on my recent post on self-confirence. Can someone post a comment in this thread to confirm?
Continue Reading »Can Beliefs Change the World?: Thoughts on Self-Confidence
June 19, 2009 by Chris Hallquist
Filed under epistemology, mind, philosophy, religion, social and literary criticism
I’ve decided wrtie a post on the topic of self-confidence for three reasons, all having something to do with religion: First, there are the rather extraordinary claims made by New Agey types about the supposed power of belief to change the world in any way you please. Second, self-confidence is a frequently cited (by no [...]
Continue Reading »The 113th Skeptic’s Circle
June 18, 2009 by Chris Hallquist
Filed under carnivalia, science
Welcome to the 113th edition of the Skeptic’s Circle. Since I’m actually writing this from the other side of the globe from where I normally write, so while this post is going up early for my U.S. readers, this is a nasty hour for me and I am very tired. My tired brain wants to [...]
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