Category Archives: Daily Links and Notes

http://philvischer.com/phil-news/missed-opportunity-the-failure-of-the-new-cosmos/

Religion Dispatches Good article, plus climate change, this isn’t about “education” but competing frameworks. LA Times Op Ed They are, though, different manifestations of the same thing: people’s misplaced and misinformed insistence that their personal beliefs exempt them from the scientific … Continue reading →

Qideas “Harvard was founded to prepare ministers of upright character,” Derek Bok, president at Harvard University (1971–1991), penned these words in his annual letter to the Harvard Board in 1987. Candidly, he examined the storied history of America’s most prestigious … Continue reading →

Andrew Sullivan Damon Linker  

and the demand for other stories. Direct link to the video

If you are a Kennedy, a Bush or a Clinton you are blessed. 

Conversation starts around minute 30. Following Mark John Reynolds on Lupita Nyong’o’s Oscar speech and the follow up. This is a hobby horse for Phil and Skye challenges him. The Barna movie link

Jesus Creed Here’s a list. Click through for details

Jesus Creed RJS The point being made in this clip is that the scientific definition of randomness does not imply that something is is open-ended and purposeless. The evolutionary process is an efficient search algorithm optimizing for specific functions. In … Continue reading →