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On the way home today, riding the bus for 3 minutes due to a downpour, I was running through possible wordings, phrases, ways of expressing myself, for the purpose of the “next” blog post, whenever that would be. Probably titled “The Lie”. During said ponderings, I decided to reduce my use of the word “science” [...]

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Back in February, we sought an answer to the question Any interest in a “Book Club” of sorts? The answer at the time was “yes!” By decree, we decided on Bones, Rocks and Stars by Chris Turney. I propose we start with this book on 13 July. Hopefully I’m not busy referring to myself in [...]

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Since I don’t have enough pending posts and series-in-progress (irony intended), I’ve decided to tackle another: sketch out my philosophical-theological framework/worldview/language with which I approach all things religion. My intention is to be as clear as I can, and paint the picture “from first principles”. In this series, I will sketch out my views, not [...]

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So a literal reading of Genesis (first book of the Torah) brings many people under the impression that the world/universe was created in six days, is less than 10,000 years old, and that there was a global catastrophic flood. Science teaches us that the universe is about 14 billion years old, that the earth and [...]

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This brilliant TED talk by Jonathan Haidt talks about five human moral foundations. Pointing out how these foundations are emphasized differently by conservatives, he invites liberals to take the blue pill, to step outside of their “moral matrix”, and learn to understand the bigger picture of human morality from an anthropological perspective. And it also [...]

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This isn’t an April fool’s joke, The Philosopher (a good friend of mine’s nickname for Prof Daniel Dennett) is visiting Stellenbosch on Wednesday! I’m not duplicating the info here, see the Renowned philosopher to speak at Stellenbosch University news item on Stellenbosch University’s website. He’s touring… a brief search on Facebook shows he’s also visiting [...]

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I’d like to abuse my blog to congratulate two of my friends, two scientists, Doctor Kenneth (Botany) and Doctor -M- (Zoology), on officially obtaining their PhD’s earlier today!

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For those that can read Dutch: Terug Naar Je Maker. Here is my haphazard translation of the front page: BACK TO YOUR MAKER Valued Visitor, It is 2009, Darwin Year. Exactly a hundred and fifty years ago, scientist Charles Darwin published his seminal book “On the Origin of Species“, wherein he introduced the theory that [...]

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For many years, I’ve been a fan of endurance sport, be it cycling (mountain biking), paddling, running (trial running FTW!)… I’ve discovered being a fan (of participating) doesn’t mean I successfully motivate myself to do it often enough. Typically I have to enter for a race in order to motivate me to train regularly enough [...]

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I consider this to be a universal truth: only God can convert people. In the context it is most often heard, it is advice to evangelical Christians in their efforts to evangelise their religion. It suggests the evangelist should not get too concerned about whether they are successful or not, it is not by their [...]

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