Sunday 30 May 2010

Burnee links for Sunday

A few links for the bank holiday weekend...

First round of ill-informed objections to the first synthetic bacterium : Pharyngula
PZ attempts to pre-empt the naysayers.

Skeptobot: A skeptical look at TAM:London
Is TAM London 2010 too expensive?

The Meming of Life » No cats were harmed (Greatest Hits) Parenting Beyond Belief on secular parenting and other natural wonders
Here's a curious post.

Theology – truly a naked emperor | Terry Sanderson | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
I do wonder if theologians ever communicate their theology to anyone who isn't also a theologian....

ABC The Drum Unleashed - Why morality doesn't need God
This needs to be said again and again, then it might get through. Maybe.

Recursivity: No Ghost in the Machine
Jeffrey Shallit on lack of intentional agency, and why some people find the concept so hard to grasp.