Science and Islam: the Kickoff
My post at Forbes, on the recent University of Iowa panel on Islam and Science. I’ll be posting video from the event soon.
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Quote of the Week
I know it’s only Monday, but Jason Rosenhouse gets Quote of the Week: If you ask a theistic evolutionist where eyes came from, he will reply that eyes evolved gradually by natural selection, just as scientists say. If you ask him what scientists should be doing differently in their professional lives he will reply that… Continue reading Quote of the Week
Taking a Cue from Siris
As I have to devote so much time to the Forbes blog, I hate letting this one grow moss. So I’m going to take a page from Brandon Watson’s playbook and post passages from noteworthy books, poems and quotes (and videos).
Thoughts for the Week
Via David Hirst, erstwhile Facebook friend and no slouch in the philosophy dept: I’m tempted to say that if one holds that there actually is a “problem of evil”, one’s already made a big step towards religious belief… and if one isn’t, then one’s faced with the Herculean task of passing from case-by-case ‘intuitions’ to… Continue reading Thoughts for the Week
Aerobics or Anaerobics in Martial Arts?
I had fun with this post at Forbes. Included a video of my instructor from the Malkin Athletic Center at Harvard.