PhD Comics - Dark Matter

PhD Comics, always fun and now educational too apparently!!

Dark Matters from PHD Comics on Vimeo.

More Thoughts On Understanding Scripture And Knowledge

The other week I linked to an article over on Cognitive Discopants about his experiences of realising that conservative evangelical Christian theology (and people) 'bubble' doesn't actually hold all the (correct and helpful) answers when it comes to meshing the Bible, history and science.

The author has followed their first post up with a couple of additional posts about how to look beyond that bubble and/or recognise you might be in it.

Tips On Not Getting Duped Again - Part 1

Tips On Not Getting Duped Again - Part 2

Some very good stuff here and his journey mirrors my own over the last decade so I'm very happy to endorse what the author is saying here. Plus it also saves me writing something similar myself. :-)

Some Links

I am stuck in my lab all weekend performing the same simple scan many dozens of times over. Here are some links I've been reading through to pass the time/survive while here...

I Think I Believe - Arni Zachariassen's blog where I've found a few of these links.

Why I have difficulty trusting Christians - An excellent article on evangelical approaches and attitudes when considering much of what we promote as apologetics in the face of reality.

Kepler Telescope measures the ages of stars - A nice reuse of data from Kepler's planet efforts.

Self-Replicating RNA - A new molecule gives potential clues to the origins of life.

Moral Drugs - An intriguing question...

Somewhat Familiar... - I know this feeling!

Templeton Prize winner 2011

Sir Martin Rees, until recently President of the UK's premier scientific body the Royal Society, has been awarded this year's Templeton Prize, designed to recognise individuals engaged in tackling the 'big questions' of reality and existence.

Announcement on Templeton Prize website.

Nature News article on award.

Guardian article.