I haven’t been following the case of astronomer Martin Gaskell, who is suing University of Kentucky for denying him a job (for which he was apparently a leading candidate) because of his faith. But Lee Kottner at Cocktail Party Physics makes a lot of sense to me on this.
My 2010 Templeton-Cambridge co-fellow Chris Mooney writes up his thoughts on the Fellowship as this first part of the program comes to a close. Part I. Part II. Well worth reading.
Up for this afternoon’s lecture will be John Gray on the New Atheists. A couple of years back he had a good piece in the Guardian, which I imagine will come up during the Q&A. The influence of secular revolutionary movements on terrorism extends well beyond Islamists. In God Is Not Great, Christopher Hitchens notes… Continue reading John Gray
John Pieret stands between Jerry Coyne and Karl Giberson with some thoughts on their recent dust-up.
Humphrey Clarke is not impressed with Jason Rosenhouse’s recent review of Galileo Goes to Jail. Rosenhouse’s reaction to the book demonstrates the difficulties of refuting the set of comfortable myths that people on both side of the science-religion debate tend to subscribe to. Although you might succeed in denting them, you will commonly find that… Continue reading
