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That which is possibly true is possibly necessarily true That which is necessarily true cannot possibly be false That which is possibly false cannot possibly be necessarily true That which is possibly necessarily true is necessarily true That which is possibly true is necessarily true So...

One of my co-workers is a right wing nutjob who thinks man made climate change is a lie, and I need concise, undeniable evidence(preferably visual, like a time lapse of the ice caps) that I can show him(not tell him to look up, he won't) and rub in his face. I will be eternally grateful to...

We all know the stereotypes, now where did they come from, and is there any truth to them? Here's an article I found: http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/relgwlth.htm

What the hell is going on? Link: http://www.blogtv.com/People/dprjones

Now it's in Hong Kong!

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6514838.html Now excuse me while I go vomit.

This is a description of a phenomena that occurs in most theists, it comes from the "whywontgodhealamputees forum I used to talk on: Basically theist's confirmation bias acts on the ambiguous and even contradictory nature of their "holy book" to cause them to reinforce their previously held...

A YEC I have been debating for some time has recently made a video claiming that because according to general relativity, time is slowed by gravity, earth may be only ~10,000 years old while most of deep space is several billions, allowing enough time for light from very far away stars to reach...

Oh yes, the funniest event in human history is about to take place. I have a feeling this will be like watch Evander Holyfield fight a crippled 3 year old girl.

When it's obvious that someone is completely unqualified to form an educated opinion on a scientific matter without investing a prohibitive amount of time and effort, would they be logically justified in simply trusting the majority of experts in their field?

I've been debating a creationist youtuber for quite a while, and I pointed out that many celestial objects are so far away, if the universe is <10000 yearsold, their light would never have reached us, he countered by saying that we judge distance by brightness which is too arbitrary, when I...

What methods are usually employed to date sedimentary rock? Wikipedia doesn't seem to have any information on the subject.

So I've been debating a creationist for a while now, and he pointed out the fact that the wikipedia article on the platypus says it has two genes that are only found in fish and birds. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platypus#Evolution I checked the referenced Nature article...

I love how as soon as atheists begin to write books and verbally oppose religious idea they are immediately labeled as "militant". I've never been very fond of political correctness, which is meant to tip-toe around and avoid causing offense, I am however concerned with actual correctness, and...

I'm surprised no one has posted this yet. This is from a 2006 speech, needless to say, I like him a lot more now. Here is the transcript of the entire speech from his website. I'm also really surprised that it wasn't on the news, especially fox.

Anyone know where I can find an actual copy of it? I would like to see it myself.

What exactly switches genes "on" and "off", I've heard this referred to several times, but I've never seen an explanation.

So me and a creationist are having a debate over how my belief in Evolution should affect my actions, I sent him a message asking: And he replied with: Obviously he doesn't understand the implications of our social nature, and doesn't seem to know how to justify morality without religion...

Post any short debates in which you quickly crushed you opponent's position(before they delete their embarrassing comments).

I have found metaphysical naturalism to be the best description of my beliefs about reality, but it appears that there are a rather large number of atheists who this title would not apply to. It took a great deal of thinking before I could relinquish my belief in the soul, and a great deal more...