If we all watch the same thing, no matter how bad it is, that’s a bonding experience.… Read the rest
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Apr 17th, 2004 9:26 pm | By Ophelia BensonTime for another omnium gatherum, because I have a lot of little items, with not much to say about them, and no single larger item with a lot to say about. At least I think that’s what I have, though sometimes I discover when I start typing that I have more to say than I thought. Isn’t that always the way. Blather blather. Just ask my colleague, who tries his best to get a little work done in the intervals between my outbursts of talkativity, or whining, or both.
One item. I commented a few days ago on that April Fool’s comment in the Guardian, along with various comments on the comments. But I forgot to mention the one on … Read the rest
Understanding Evolution
Apr 17th, 2004 |
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And what science is and isn’t.… Read the rest
Website to Help Teachers Counter Creationism
Apr 17th, 2004 |
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‘Science is not about belief – it is about making inferences based on evidence.’… Read the rest
Two Archaeologists Comment on ‘The Passion’
Apr 17th, 2004 |
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‘For those who are curious about Gibson’s fidelity to ancient sources’… Read the rest
Archaeological Evidence of Jesus Isn’t There
Apr 17th, 2004 |
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And no, ‘The Passion’ is not historically accurate.… Read the rest
The Thermostat-Philosopher Gap
Apr 17th, 2004 |
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Daniel Dennett’s next book is an attempt to extirpate supernaturalism.… Read the rest
Staus of Women in Kashmir
Apr 16th, 2004 |
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New bill passed by assembly is biased against women, editorial says.… Read the rest
Defending Women’s Rights in the Middle East
Apr 16th, 2004 |
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News from Italy, Iraq, Pakistan, Sudan, Germany, the UK, Kuwait.… Read the rest
Playing Leftist While Cozying up to Power?
Apr 16th, 2004 |
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Sometimes the interests of the state and of oppressed peoples can coincide.… Read the rest
Paediatricians, the Media, Expert Witnesses
Apr 15th, 2004 |
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Doctors working in child protection accuse media of demonising paediatricians.… Read the rest
Still Not All That Bright
Apr 15th, 2004 |
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Free Inquiry readers say No to Bright idea.… Read the rest
Allies
Apr 14th, 2004 6:52 pm | By Ophelia BensonA reader sent me a link to the Washington Post article on Hindutva last night, and along with it a link to a post on the subject at his blog. I’m always so pleased to find new allies.
… Read the restTo Mr. Malhotra: if you disagree with the arguments and methods of these scholars, debate them respectfully. If you feel they are ignorant of the subjects they study, by all means educate them. But leave your speculations about their personal sexuality out of it. And leave off referring to Professor Doniger as “Wendy.” This strange tendency of Malhotra’s (he keeps referring to “Wendy’s Child Syndrome”) almost begs us to “reverse psychoanalyze” him, specifically his weird obsession with western female scholars of
Women’s Alliance to Fight Fundamentalism
Apr 14th, 2004 |
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Women’s International Federation Against Fundamentalisms and for Equality founded in Geneva.… Read the rest
David Corfield Reviews Lauren Slater
Apr 14th, 2004 |
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‘It is one thing to “celebrate as story”; it would be another to peddle fabricated accounts.’… Read the rest
Deborah Skinner Was Not a Lab Rat
Apr 14th, 2004 |
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B.F. Skinner’s daughter says Lauren Slater has recycled old rumours.… Read the rest
Too Many Stories in Skinner’s Box?
Apr 14th, 2004 |
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‘The worst thing you can do in science and scholarship is make things up.’… Read the rest
Read and Repent
Apr 13th, 2004 8:09 pm | By Ophelia BensonThis is a trivial item in the great scheme of things, but I can’t help finding it intensely amusing. So I thought I would share it. I lapsed into frivolity for a few moments yesterday – I frittered away a little time and energy in mocking a reactionary commenter at Twisty Sticks. I know that’s a silly thing to do, but I felt like it. Come on. Some people watch football, some play golf, I occasionally mock commenters on blogs. I don’t do it for hours and hours every day for crying out loud so lighten up already! It was just a few minutes.
Okay, I know, it is stupid, but in this particular case it paid off handsomely. A … Read the rest
NY Review of Books on Islam and its Demons
Apr 13th, 2004 |
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Considering ‘the religious populism that is sweeping the Muslim world.’… Read the rest
Susan Haack on Coherence & Co
Apr 13th, 2004 |
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Consistency, ‘foundherentism,’ cogency, novels, and remaining calm.… Read the rest