I recently came across this article (15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense: Scientific American) and was happy to see the arguments. In a part of the United States where certain religious texts are taken literally, I am often left speechless at the pure nonsensical and illogical arguments brought forth to support creationism.
I was very happy to [...]
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Answer to Creationists
Posted in commentary, tagged creationism, evolution, religion on March 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Quotation: Systems and Simplicity
Posted in quotations on March 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.
–John Gaule
Adrenaline Junkies
Posted in commentary, tagged procrastination on March 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There is an interesting article (Slow Leadership: Adrenaline Junkies) over at Slow Leadership that talks about how people can get addicted to the rush of energy they feel while doing something at the last minute.
I see this far too often in my work, where a former project manager would wait until the last minute to [...]
Quotation: Rights
Posted in quotations on March 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.
–GK Chesterton
On Finishing Projects
Posted in musing, tagged completion on March 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things I have been challenging myself with is to finish a project before I start another one. I’m not terribly good at finishing things unless there is an outside force involved, especially in the form of a deadline.
It was a deadline that got me to write a novel in 30 days, and [...]
No One Person Should Speak for a Large Group…Particularly If They Don’t Belong To It.
Posted in soapbox, tagged representation on March 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was listening to a radio program today about a political/religious figure, and it was mentioned that he was opposing a particular issue involving rights because the people involved who would gain the rights didn’t really want them anyway.
It struck me again that no one person should speak for a large group of people, particularly [...]
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Death is Never Expected
Posted in commentary, tagged death on March 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This afternoon I received a letter from the alumni foundation of my university. It was subtitled “Dr. X Memorial Fund”.
I opened the letter with some puzzlement, because Dr. X was a professor of mine during my last two years at university. She wasn’t much more than a decade older than we were, which would put [...]
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