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Archive for March, 2011

Skeptical Heresies #5

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 Posted in Creationism, Education, General | No Comments »

Presentation work is ongoing. I should have the seventh presentation up soon on the subject of Fossils. In the meantime: 5. Separation of Church & State is a poor argument against creationism It's always annoyed me that the fight against Creationism ...

Sixth Presentation is Up

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011 Posted in Biology, Creationism, General Science | No Comments »

The sixth of my lecture series on science and creationism is now up on YouTube. This one is all about Abiogenesis, the origin of life from non-living chemicals. This is a notorious subject, as it's so difficult to get any ...

Skeptical Heresies #4

Saturday, March 19th, 2011 Posted in Creationism, Education, General, Psychology, Religion | No Comments »

I've almost finished the sixth of my presentations - this one is on abiogenesis. But for now, here's another skeptical heresy: 4. Some skeptics do not have education as their goal Yes, you know who I'm talking about. And that's my point. The ...

The Fifth Presentation is Now Live

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011 Posted in Creationism, Education, General Science | No Comments »

I'm just writing to let you know that the fifth presentation in my video lecture series is now live. This one is on the important topic of radiometric dating. It is divided into three parts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Apologies again - my ...

Skeptical Heresies #3

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 Posted in General, Psychology, Religion | No Comments »

I'm in the middle of recording the next presentation in my lecture series on Science and Creationism, but I thought I'd add in the third of my Skeptical Heresies. 3. Sometimes it's rational to behave irrationally This one is a bit subtle, ...

Fourth Presentation is now live

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The fourth presentation in my series on science and creationism is now live on YouTube. This one is on Planetary Science. There's just one part to is, and you can find it here.