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Category Archives: Science
Jordan Peterson’s Twelve Rules: #3) Make friends with people who want the best for you
I’m going through a talk by Jordan Peterson on his twelve rules for life, assessing them one by one in the context of Peterson’s approach to life and politics. We’ve survived as far as Rule #3. Make friends with … Continue reading
Jordan Peterson’s Twelve Rules: #2) Treat yourself like someone you are responsible for helping
In this series, I’m going through a talk by Jordan Peterson on his twelve rules for life, assessing them one by one in the context of Peterson’s approach to life and politics. It’s time for part two… Treat yourself like … Continue reading
Jordan Peterson’s Twelve Rules: #1) Stand Up Straight with your Shoulders Back
Introduction to the Series This is the first of a new twelve-part series on Dr Jordan Peterson’s Twelve Rules for Life. I will assess each rule, one per post, as he presents it in this talk, given at the How … Continue reading
Do We Have Free Will?
I remember as a child reading something about “the will” and thinking how odd it was that philosophers talked about it like they might talk about an object. The will? Don’t we just do stuff? I haven’t thought a lot … Continue reading
A Naturalistic Explanation of Suffering
Last time, I noted something of a gap in the results of internet searches on the origin of suffering. I didn’t see any naturalistic explanations, at least in the first page, just supernatural ones and the odd bit of anthropocentric … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics, Religion/Atheism, Science
Tagged cultural evolution, culture, emotion, evolution, human evolution, humanity, naturalism, ontology, pain, pleasure, psychology, psychopathy, Second Law of Thermodynamics, suffering
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On the Origin of Morphic Resonance
Or The Preservation of Favoured Hypotheses Have you ever wondered how Rupert Sheldrake came up with the idea of morphic resonance? No, I haven’t really either, but I happened across this interview with Joe Rogan, in which he explained it. … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Religion/Atheism, Science
Tagged biology, holism, morphic fields, morphic resonance, morphogenesis, relativity, Rupert Sheldrake, Sheldrake
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The Scientific Christian, Part 3: The Spin Doctor
We have seen that Rev Dr Nick Hawkes, author of Who Ordered the Universe? is a master of the begged question, and we have seen that he is quite adept at quote-mining. Looking at chapter 2, The Evidence of God … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Religion/Atheism, Science
Tagged belief, confirmation bias, Dr Nick Hawkes, evidence for God, religion, scepticism, science, who ordered the universe?
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The Scientific Christian, Part 2: Peanuts to Space
Oh no not again [1] I’m reviewing Who Ordered the Universe? by Nick Hawkes. I must apologise to readers who prefer their book reviews short and pithy: the Reverend Doctor manages to cram an inordinate number of dubious statements into … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Philosophy, Religion/Atheism, Science
Tagged belief, cosmology, cosmos, Nick Hawkes, religion, scepticism
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The Scientific Christian, Part 1: Begging the Question
I have been reading a book by Rev Dr Nick Hawkes, a pastor, writer and broadcaster living in Australia, who has four degrees, two in science and two in theology. The book is called Who Ordered the Universe?: Evidence for … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Philosophy, Religion/Atheism, Science
Tagged book review, Christianity, Dr Nick Hawkes, God, Nick Hawkes, religion, scepticism, science
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Agape, Anyone?
Yakaru’s recent post about finding “common ground” between religion & science by distorting both reminded me of a review I wrote in 2012 on the Amazon site of the book Religion for Atheists: A non-believer’s guide to the uses of religion, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Philosophy, Religion/Atheism, Science
Tagged Alain de Botton, Religion for Atheists
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