Sandwalk
Strolling with a skeptical biochemist
Friday, November 25, 2011
Friendly Atheists and the Other Kind of Atheist
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We've been discussing the perceived conflict between agnosticism and atheism. I believe they are compatible. Most prominent atheists ar...
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Thursday, November 24, 2011
Defining Atheism
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Most people know that there are two common definitions of atheism/atheist. Here's an excellent example from two different dictionarie...
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What William the Conqueror's Companions Teach Us about Effective Population Size
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My mother has been working on genealogy for several decades. She recently gave me a little book called My Ancestors Came with the Conqueror ...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Trying to Understand Agnostics
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John Wilkins has tried, again, to explain the difference between an atheist and an agnostic [ Positivism about agnosticism ]. My positio...
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Gobind Khorana (1922 - 2011)
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Har Gobind (Hargobind) Khorana was a biochemist specializing in polynucleotide synthesis. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology o...
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Monday, November 21, 2011
Religion in Canada
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There's news of an Ipsos Reid poll from September 2011 [ Canadians Split On Whether Religion Does More Harm in the World than Good ]. It...
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Whole Life Expo 2011
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The 25th Whole Life Expo takes place next weekend in Toronto (Ontario, Canada) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre [ Whole Life Expo 2...
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Monday's Molecule #150
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Today's molecule has a common name but this time I'll need the complete IUPAC name. There is considerable controversy over whethe...
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Don't Muzzle Our Doctrors
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Last summer, the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons published a draft proposal on Non-Allopathic (Non-Conventional) Therapies in ...
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Blogiversary
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I completely forgot about Sandwalk's blogiversary. It's a biggie! My first post was on Nov. 4, 2006 [ Welcome to my Sandwalk ]...
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Medieval Teaching Methods
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John Hawks posts a reference to an article in MacLeans magazine about undergraduate teaching. John supports a style of teaching that emph...
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Better Biochemistry: The Problem with Glycerol Phosphate and Citrate and What This Has to Do with Archaebacterial Membranes
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Now that you've learned about Fischer Projections [ Better Biochemistry: Fischer Projections ] you're deady to tackle a more challen...
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Thinking Like a Theist
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This figure is making the rounds with the title "When a theist starts a debate with an atheist." It's funny because it mock...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Redundancy Explains Junk DNA, Redundancy Explains Junk DNA
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From GilDogen, in a comment on: Jonathan Wells on Darwinism, Science, and Junk DNA . Moran is particularly vicious concerning challenges ...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
When a theist starts a debate with an atheist ...
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Also applies when a creationist starts a debate with a scientist .... [Photo Credit: imgur ] [Hat Tip: Friendly Atheist ]
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