Thanks DH for the links. The simpler explanation as you suggest is almost always the best (if less exciting). Much appreciated, TWH.
I came across a very interesting article in the September 20, 2008 New Scientist about flybys around the earth used to slingshot spacecraft giving...
What I'm wondering is at what point does the recognition and drive to protect your closely related kin (as Haldane said "I would lay down my life for...
I have always had an interest in the relative influence of innate drives on human behavior. It's drummed into us that the two most powerful drives...
I had really hoped somebody would have posted with some thoughts on this question. It isn't my field of expertise and was hoping for some...
When I posed the original question for this thread my intention was not to create such a firestorm of ill will. phlogistician makes a good point. I...
For all intents and purposes I, as an extremely skeptical agnostic, am operationally an atheist but I must say that I find the fervency of opinion...
Just a few points to try to stay on track here (1) For the sake of argument let's define an atheist as someone who denies the existence of an entity...
Is it reasonable to simply to reject something out of hand simply because you can't at this point in time design an experiment to test it? Aren't...
For the sake of argument let's say that science can deny the existence of anthropomorphic deities like those found in the accepted religions. Let's...
Spidergoat, I couldn't agree with you more on your second point. Thanks for the book reference - I'll check it out. Perhaps it will shake that...
A few weeks ago Bill Maher was on the Daily Show pitching his film Religulous. Jon Steward took him to be an atheist to which he responded (with some...
Whenever the subject of human conflict (no matter what the scale) comes up during lunchtime discussions a colleague of mine invariably brings up kin...
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