Skepticism in the GAT
I’m in Year 12 at high school, currently undertaking my final year of VCE (the Victorian Certificate of Education), and a requirement of this is doing a mid-year exam called the GAT (the General...
View ArticleWhat is Philosophical Naturalism, and why do I accept it?
[The following is x-posted from my blog, Homologous Legs. Be sure to voice your opinion in the comments after you’ve finished reading, as I know this is a controversial topic.] The question in the...
View ArticleAre you ready for the 114th edition of the Skeptic’s Circle Blog Carnival?
I’m going to assume that a sizable number of people who read this blog are new to skepticism, or at least new to the skeptical scene on the Internet. For those of you without a blog of your own, you...
View ArticleThoughts of a Dying Darwinist
[The following is posted from Homologous Legs, my evolution/creation-themed personal blog.] Have you ever come across an argument that sounds a little like this? Scientist X was a creationist, so you...
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Some webcomics are more comical than others
Oh man, I came across this webcomic on the Internet, and I just have to share it with you guys. It’s hilarious, you’ll love it. Here’s the latest one: Hang on, that’s… that’s not as funny as it was ten...
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Whale teeth and pseudogenic evolution
[The following is a slightly modified version of a post on Homologous Legs, my evolution/creation-themed personal blog.] It seems every day now you hear about new evidence for the theory of...
View ArticleRichard “Adolf” Dawkins?
You know, as tempting as it was to make the title of this post “Richard Dawkins hates Jews”… No, I will do no such thing. Evolution News & Views is great, it really is. One minute they’re posting...
View ArticleReferences preferred when overturning modern biology
The chance to have email debates with creationists is one of the reasons I write for the Young Australian Skeptics and have my own blog — I’m a debate junkie, actually. Nothing’s better than sinking...
View ArticleThe only nerve Jonathan Wells is hitting is my ulnar nerve
(For those without a detailed knowledge of anatomy, the ulnar nerve is the one struck when someone hits their “funny bone”. Ohoho, I’m so hilarious.) Oh Casey Luskin, what would the Internet do without...
View ArticleDDDoS (Darwinist Distributed Denial of Service)
Hot on the tail of a DDoS attack on the Global Atheist Convention site, the Discovery Institute is reporting that the Shepherd Project Ministries website was attacked earlier this month in a similar...
View ArticleThe arrogant gods of certainty smite thee, A. N. Wilson!
I’m rarely angry. Even when a creationist says something stupid, I don’t react with fits of rage — I’ve made it a policy of mine not to do that under any circumstances. This doesn’t fall under any of...
View ArticleTales from the Tubes — 08/11/09
Randall Munroe’s interesting LEGO analogy — are you convinced? How much would you pay to get your genome sequenced? $1 billion? $20 million? How about… $4400? If getting your own done doesn’t tickle...
View ArticleThe Climate Change Visualisation “Cheat Sheet”
Most people aren’t climate scientists, so when it comes to information about anthropogenic global warming/climate change they’re in a bit of a sticky situation, especially on the Internet — how do I...
View ArticleThe Intelligent Design Falsifiability Myth?
Intelligent design proponents, like those found at the Discovery Institute, love to claim that their intellectual weapon of choice, ID, has a basis in science and the scientific method. A prominent...
View ArticleA Mathematician’s (Highly Flawed) View of Evolution
I recently mentioned, on my blog, Dr. Granville Sewell, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Texas, El Paso, in relation to a new book of his, filled with essays about intelligent design and...
View ArticleEnvironmental exposure to vaccines feared as reason for Meryl Dorey’s AVN...
In a shocking turn of events, Meryl Dorey, President of the Australian Vaccination Network for almost 17 years, has stepped down from her position leading the prominent vaccine-awareness group. Citing...
View ArticleThoughts on skeptical celebrities and anti-ideologies
This is a post I recently wrote for my miniblog, but the reaction it received (not necessarily just through blog comments) has lead me to put it up on the main blog — and here on the Young Australian...
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Time well-spent: Dresden Codak
There are many great webcomics that I regularly read, including Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Hark! A Vagrant and Dinosaur Comics, but one of my absolute favourites is Dresden Codak — a comic...
View ArticleCarnival of the Godless, No. 135 up at Homologous Legs
My own blog, Homologous Legs, is currently hosting the 135th edition of the Carnival of the Godless blog carnival, featuring a delightful selection of godless posts from various excellent bloggers,...
View ArticleCornelius Hunter — Missing the point about eukaryote evolution
Cross posted from Homologous Legs Cornelius Hunter, the Discovery Institute fellow who fills out a large percentage of Uncommon Descent’s recent archives via his own blog, Darwin’s God, has said many a...
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