Friday, August 28, 2015

We Escaped from Adventure Room!

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For my older son's 21st birthday, four of us went to Adventure Rooms in Kitchener. (There's also one in Niagara Falls.) This is...
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No Moose in My Bike Lanes

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The main problem with living in Kitchener, Ontario, is that this never happens. Yield for Pedestrians...and Moose! We're not the onl...
Sunday, August 23, 2015

"Good Fences" - A Math Puzzle App by Craig Kaplan

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My colleague Craig Kaplan (who also designed the cover of one of my books) has released a new app called "Good Fences" on the ...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Rafee Kamouna Owes Me $500 Today - But Will He Pay?

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Rafee Kamouna, who has been claiming for years that he has proved something important about the P versus NP problem, bet me two years ago ...
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Friday, August 14, 2015

Chan Lawsuit Illustrates Why Canadian Libel Law Needs Reform

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The sight of a Canadian politician suing a Canadian newspaper and a Canadian professor for libel should cause anyone who favors lively d...
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015

How Atheists Find Meaning

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Read this excellent Buzzfeed article about how various atheists find meaning in their lives without a god. Then read this this comment ...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

J. P. Moreland Thinks He Understands the Brain

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I absolutely love this video by J. P. Moreland, a fourth-rate philosopher and ID advocate who teaches at a fifth-rate Bible college (B...
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Wednesday, August 05, 2015

ID Supporters Interviewed; Count the Misrepresentations

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Oh, look, a religious group interviews two ID supporters while claiming to examine the biological theory of evolution. No need, of cour...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Barry Arrington Channels Thomas Lanier Clingman

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Thomas Lanier Clingman (1812-1897) was a Christian pro-slavery Senator from North Carolina who today is memorialized in the eponymous Clin...
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Sunday, July 26, 2015

Amtrak Censoring Atheists?

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I took Amtrak from Toronto to New York and back this week. Thankfully, there was some spotty wi-fi coverage offered by the railroad, but ...
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Friday, July 03, 2015

Moose Affect Memory

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From the CBC comes this interesting story of a man who had a moose encounter and promptly lost his memory. This is not surprising at al...
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Wednesday, July 01, 2015

Obama and "Amazing Grace"

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Of all the songs that gave momentum to the civil rights movement in the US, "Amazing Grace" stands out (for me) as one of the mo...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

I Don't Recommend This Although It Looks Like Fun

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For one, thing, it appears to be illegal . But in a better world, the rich would walk, while the poor would ride moose.

Moose Demonstrates Inherent Superiority to Cat

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With all due respect to Jerry Coyne, the moose is clearly superior to the cat. This video from Youtube proves it.
Friday, June 26, 2015

Gay Marriage is a Constitutional Right

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The Supreme Court's decision is already being greeted with predictions of doom, destruction, revolution, and so forth by the far Right...
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Saturday, June 20, 2015

Noel Sharkey's Mistake

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I heard a radio piece about a new "emotionally aware" robot being introduced in Japan. The interviewer talked to Noel Sharkey ,...
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Friday, June 19, 2015

The Connection Between Intelligent Design & Anti-Gay Bigotry

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Those of us who have studied the intelligent design controversy know well that it is a political and religious movement, not a scientific ...
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Friday Moose Blogging

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From Washington state comes this heartwarming story of a moose that shut down a high school . You can't be too careful when there are...
Monday, June 08, 2015

Uncommon Descent Coward and Hypocrite Timaeus Attacks Larry Moran

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Wow, a whole thread at the creationist blog Uncommon Descent devoted to attacking Larry Moran! The cowardly "Timaeus", an ac...
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Monday, May 18, 2015

Alan Borovoy (1932-2015)

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I am very sorry to learn that Alan Borovoy, a courageous fighter for free speech and civil liberties, has died . He was for many years ...