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
Science and ReligionBrandon Watson does a nice job picking apart the faulty logic behind Sean Carroll’s recent post on the alleged incompatibility of religion and science. (That said, Sean’s a lot more thoughtful than Jerry Coyne.)
