What objectivity and the study of philosophy require is not an “open mind”, but an active mind - a mind able and eagerly willing to examine ideas, but to examine them critically.
~Ayn Rand


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I'm actually really excited for May 21st. I think I may even tune in to Family Radio on that day.

I can't wait to hear what Camping says at 6:00 PM.

That is all....

The word "ignorance" is another word for which I wish there were separate, more precise words in the English language.[1] (Other examples are "love"[2] and "beauty"[3].)

( a brief analysis of one particular modern usage )

It's been a while since I've posted on public ignorance, but having read most of the John Stossel * book I received for Christmas, I've got a whole new list of things to post about.

Today, we talk about irradiated food.

Just like with the story behind the name MRI[1], people hear the word "irradiate" and they freak out. Eek! Radiation! People will ( Read more... )

Up front, I shall state that I have taken the term "Kevorkianization" from Glenn McGee, a biomedical ethicist who writes for The Scientist magazine (which used to be free to struggling grad. students -- grrr ( Read more... )

One of my pet peeves is when people, speaking or writing about Biblical texts, say something such as, "The Greek word used in this passage is [usually blatantly mispronounced word], which literally means..." and then go on to say or write a whole paragraph ( Read more... )

Having attended grade school at a small Christian school, I of course learned all about the errors of modern scientists in denying the Creation account found in the book of Genesis in the Bible. Among the "false science" presented to me in grade school was that the Big Bang could not be true, because God created the universe in 6 days, not billions ( Read more... )

Did you know that the average person swallows 8 spiders a year ( Read more... )

Why do we live in such a dumb culture?

When I pick up a bottle of shampoo, it should not say proudly, "Now with aminoproteins!" Um, I hate to break the news to you, but every protein is made of amino acids. Even if the term "aminoprotein" made any sense at all -- which it does not ("Amino-" is a prefix to be attached to a chemical name, not the ( Read more... )

I figured I'd throw out another bound-to-be-controversial opinion of mine ( Read more... )