
Note: this post first appeared on Reflections of a Catholic Scientist. “People give ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the heavens or the firmament, […]
Note: this post first appeared on Reflections of a Catholic Scientist. “People give ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the heavens or the firmament, […]
The theology and philosophy of the Atlantic article “Is AI a Threat to Christianity?” proves that it was all downhill after the schoolmen in the sad twilight of the Middle Ages adopted […]
Rape, right or wrong? Depends on how you define rape, you might say, Very well, define it how you like. Now answer the question: right or wrong? Here is what science tells […]
Suppose we observe a raven. It’s black. We see a second, also black. And so on for a few dozen more. We reason, or rather we argue with ourselves, “Since all the […]
A modified version of this article ran 14 April 2008. There are a recent number of books seeking to either demonstrate, scientifically, that God does not exist, or to show that the […]
Soon a robot will ask you if you want fries with that. Computer screens already do, in some locales. How does that make you feel? Hungry? That could be taken more than […]
Guy’s walking along, innocent like, when, lo, he has his “nuts bit off by a Laplander“. Perhaps needless to say, his young wife is distressed over the incident. What goes through the […]
< I’m on the road for the next several days and won’t always have access to the Internet. So I’m reposting a series of classic fallacies. Regular service to resume early next […]
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