The 12th (and final) part in “20 Atheist answers to questions they supposedly can’t.” What accounts for the empty tomb, resurrection appearances and growth of the church? Short answer: We shouldn’t be that confident of these facts, but in any … Continue reading
[This is cross posted on 80,000 hours: 1 2 3. Particular credit to Ben Todd for basically writing the third section.] Doctors have a pretty solid reputation as do-gooders. There are regular news stories about how advances in medical science … Continue reading
Personal update: I have been finding praying pretty difficult in the last week or so. It has been hard keep my mind on prayer rather than wandering elsewhere after the initial mental recitation. Similarly, I have generally failed to keep … Continue reading
[Back up for air now exams have gone. Results permitting, will post quasi regularly.] Peter Saunders (the guy who runs the UK Christian medical fellowship), has a list of questions that Atheists struggle to answer. In his words: “I am … Continue reading
I’m giving a talk at the Amoral Sciences Club in about 30 mins, and using it for Doctors of Philosophy a little later. So here’s the stuff (Enjoy life!) Problem of Evil on Prezi Evil is can be problematic in … Continue reading
[Reposted from here, cos it is some of my best work (although I'd want to rewrite most of it). That may say more about what I generally write than the quality of this example.] Preliminaries Beatrice: What do you think … Continue reading
[Redate given discussion here and here] Claire: We argue a lot, yet what do we need to do to be convinced by it? What makes some arguments good, and others bad? How should we assess an argument, and whether or … Continue reading
[I now blog for Varsity ("behold my cyberonanism, ye mighty, and despair!") So I'll be shamelessly cross-posting back and forth as I see fit.] If you’re either privately educated or middle class, you probably didn’t get into Oxbridge on merit. … Continue reading
I produced a little presentation for Doctors of Philosophy re. life extension. I think this line of attack is semi novel, although there a few errors in both content and style (this was dashed off in a bit of a … Continue reading
[Context: TEDS is The Ecumenical Discussion Society, run by my college chapel. So ecumenical they let atheist muppets like me talk there. This is a talk I gave a while ago, but I figured I might as well inflict it … Continue reading