Monthly Archives: September 2009

SC 120

Posted by Chris Hallquist on September 25, 2009 Comments Off

The 120th Skeptic’s Circle, is up at Pro-Science.

Joshua Rosenau on truth

Posted by Chris Hallquist on September 22, 2009 1 comment

A week ago, Jerry Coyne wrote a blog post accusing Josh Rosenau of the NCSE of, among other things, denying the existence of truth. I finally found the time to look at the Rosenau post Coyne was talking about, and while I wonder whether Coyne’s attack was quite accurate, Rosenau certainly does provide a lot [...]

CotG 126

Posted by Chris Hallquist on September 21, 2009 Comments Off

The 126th Carnival of the Godless is up at An Apostate’s Chapel.

Is religion hard-wired?

Posted by Chris Hallquist on September 21, 2009 1 comment

This is an issue that gets btted around a lot in atheist blogs, and there’s a new study out arguing the answer is no. The argument is that since religion declines as societies become more stable and prosperous, religion can’t be hardwired, at least not at the level of language. Instead, it must be a [...]

In Defense of Food Isn’t About Nutrition (a review)

Posted by Chris Hallquist on September 17, 2009 8 comments

In In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan proposes a radical new approach to diet: ignore everything you’ve ever heard about scientific nutrition, and just build a diet of only non-processed foods, with little or no meat. This advice is summed up in a short, pleasing slogan: “Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants.” And you [...]