Who I Am, Part One: Straight, White, Male
I’ve been thinking lately about how many people seem to hold their beliefs the way you’d hold a team jersey…
Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence … Or is it?
You have probably encountered this slogan in an online debate, usually deployed with the air of someone delivering a knockout…
A Warning About the Problem of Evil: Handle With Care
Few arguments in the atheist’s toolkit are as famous — or as frequently misused — as Epicurus’ Problem of Evil….
Democracy on the Brink: Why Politics, Not Religion, Is Now the Biggest Threat to Our World
When I wrote about this topic years ago, I argued that religion was a virus of the mind, but that politics was the bigger problem — that divisions driven by tribal political loyalty were doing more damage to the world than any church. I still believe the first half. I was wildly, embarrassingly optimistic about the second.
Why Science and Philosophy Need Each Other
Lately, I have set the science books aside and turned back to philosophy, the field that has fascinated me for…
The “Not As Bad As” Fallacy: Why Comparison Is Not Justification
One of the arguments I find particularly unconvincing — yet surprisingly widespread — is what can be called the “not…
A few words about The Gender Wage Gap: Yes, it’s still there
Living in today’s world is already challenging without the added problem of misinformation being presented as truth. The phrase “fake…