Tag: science
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Why science does not disprove God
On April 27, 2014, Amir D. Aczel published an article with the title in “Why science does not disprove God” in Time magazine. This article is a comment on that article because after reading it, I felt it contained several logical errors and unfounded assumptions.
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Research reveals that raising children without religion may be the better alternative
An article I saw linked today via the Richard Dawkins Foundation, claims that new research reveals that raising children without religion may be the better alternative.
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Over a dozen skeletons of an unknown, early Homo species found
Earlier this week, I Pressed this article. And now: an entire new Homo species. Just goes to show that there’s still a lot we don’t know about how our species came to be, exactly. What is evident though is that our evolution has been going on longer and more diverse than was previously thought. Homo…
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A wonderful accident
Back in 1993, Dutch broadcaster VPRO produced a 7 part documentary series entitled “A wonderful accident” (“Een schitterend ongeluk”). It featured eminent scientists/philosophers Oliver Sacks, Rupert Sheldrake, Daniel C. Dennett, Stephen Toulmin, Stephen J. Gould and Freeman Dyson. The series dealt with ethics in life science and what the 6 interviewees considered to be the…
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Did natural selection make the Dutch the tallest people on the planet?
An interesting article that should serve as a reminder that natural selection is still very much at work on our species, arguments from creationists notwithstanding. New study shows that taller men in the Netherlands tend to have more children Source: Did natural selection make the Dutch the tallest people on the planet?
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Believe in God in 5 Minutes
Youtube suggested to me a video entitled “Believe in God in 5 minutes (Scientific Proof)”. Of course my sceptical mind had to go and check it out. I watched the video which does indeed take up about 5 minutes of your time. The long and short of it: I still don’t believe in God.