Philosophy & Ethics

The Fallacy Of The Average A fallacy is a pattern of logical reasoning which appears on its surface to be a pattern of sound reasoning. The fallacy of the average is based on the false notion that the effect of a thing averaged out on a large scale is eq ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 17 2010 - 11:27am

The Third Life

“The Role of Abathur (the Third Life) in the Mandaean Story of Creation.” ...

Article - Camillo Di Cicco - Mar 18 2010 - 10:39am

Reductionism And Systems Thinking: Complementary Scientific Lenses

I'm sure many of you have heard the old story about a group of blind men trying to describe an elephant. One guy grabs the elephant's leg and says an elephant must be like a tree. Another guy grabs the end of its tail and says it's like a ...

Article - L.K. Tuominen - Mar 20 2010 - 8:53pm

Krista Tippett Does It Again

Readers of this blog know that I am not fond of Krista Tippett, the fuzzy thinking host of National Public Radio’s “Speaking of Faith” (it really ruins my early Sunday mornings). She and New York Times’ columnist Stanley Fish make for entertaining targets ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Mar 23 2010 - 1:51pm

An OPEN WEB- What does it mean to you?

Here's my submission..... Already posted on other sites Spread the word! IT MEANS EVERYTHING!! Without it, humanity could DIE! You think I JEST! NO, not at all! It is absolutely clear that there are forces at work lobbying powerfully for government to ...

Blog Post - Henry Cox - Mar 24 2010 - 10:52am

Mons. Óscar Arnulfo Romero Y Galdámez (Ciudad Barrios, 15 Agosto 1917 – San Salvador, 24 Marzo 1980)

Ignacio Ellacuria wrote,"with Mons. Romero God is past for El Salvador". ...

Article - Camillo Di Cicco - Apr 10 2010 - 4:26pm

My 10 Books

Over at Marginal Revolution economist Tyler Cowan has started one of those blog trends, and many other bloggers have followed like a pack of lemmings. ...

Article - Michael White - Mar 27 2010 - 1:02pm

What is Nature’s Worst Design?

What is Nature’s Worst Design? Francisco Ayala Answers: "The human reproductive system. Twenty percent of pregnancies end in spontaneous abortions and miscarriages in the first two months. In the world, that’s 20 million abortions per year. Twenty mil ...

Blog Post - Richard Mankiewicz - Mar 28 2010 - 1:51pm

Predictable Barriers Precluding Any Consideration of Transversable Black Holes Through Outer Space

Predictable Barriers Precluding Any Consideration of Transversable Black Holes Through Outer Space #1 of The Three Part Series: Black Holes Through Outer Space By Marshall Barnes AET RaDAL United States of America Abstract ...

Blog Post - Marshall Barnes - Dec 22 2011 - 9:08pm

Should Doctors Stop Saying "Euthanasia"?

Euthanasia is a polarizing term that confuses the debate about dying and should no longer be used by physicians, say the authors of an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. "The end of life debate seems particularly burdened by confus ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 29 2010 - 12:23pm