Several weeks ago, I posted a blog about my entry to Discover Magazine's "Evolution in Two Minutes" contest. Developmental biologist and outspoken atheist PZ Myers is judging the entries (still no word on the winner),... More »
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Anyone interested in following the thread I've been participating in over on Myers' blog, here's the link: http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/07/i_was_wondering_about_that.php A little taste of what's been going on there (one of my posts): @ 201 John Morales... More »
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A few weeks ago, a contest put on by Discover Magazine was brought to my attention. The publication asked for short video submissions explaining evolution (by which they meant specifically Darwin's theory) in a lucid... More »
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Entered in Discover Magazine's evolution contest... http://discovermagazine.com/contests/evolution-in-two-minutes-or-less/ Special thanks to YouTuber Paramystical for the voice over... music is by Ludovico Einaudi, "Fly." Evolution is, without doubt, the most profound idea ever imagined by the human... More »
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Introduction Despite my resolute sense of the sacred nature of earthly existence, religious belief has yet to strike me as a particularly appropriate form of response to the presence of the holy. Belief is to... More »
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These talks were given by Markus-Ekkehard Locker "Perceiving Freedom and Meaning in Nature: Operationalizing Trans-Classical Systems Theory for Converging Scientific and Religious Knowing" Read Tuesday, June 5, 2007 at Metanexus conference.
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Prophesying the coming apocalypse has become something of an American pastime, so excuse me while I endulge in a bit of wild speculation. There is talk, and not just among conspiracy theorists, that peak oil has... More »
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Watched Ben Stein's new movie "Expelled." This is my review:
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Talking out loud is tiring, it is inevitably personalizing. If I want to stick to impersonality, it pays to write. Remaining faceless avoids the glare. Spontaneously talking into a camera to post your face on... More »
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