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If you haven’t subscribed to the Rationally Speaking podcast yet, what are you waiting for? The second episode dropped this week and it is all about love and what philosophy, science, and society has to say about it. Will science ever really be able to explain love? Science has already found correlations between particular hormones [...] Well, we did it! The first episode of Rationally Speaking, the podcast, is out and available both directly from our New York City Skeptics-sponsored web site and from the iTunes store. The second episode will come out [...] Disclaimer: The views conveyed in this article are not those of the New York City Skeptics and should not be held against them in a Court of Law, a Court of Basketball…or any other court. Before I begin, I’ll take a moment to introduce myself since I am a new face in Gotham. My name is [...] (This is a two-part commentary reposted from Rationally Speaking that I thought would be of interest to Gotham Skeptic readers, the second part will post later this week.) Continuing our discussion of Platt’s classical paper on “strong inference” and, more broadly, the difference between soft and hard science, another reason for the difference between these two [...] (This is a two-part commentary reposted from Rationally Speaking that I thought would be of interest to Gotham Skeptic readers, the second part will post later this week.) In doing some research for my next book (on the differences between science and pseudoscience), I re-read this rather stunning piece of writing: “Scientists these days tend to [...] I’d like to make a few comments on Jake Dickerman’s piece about Michael De Dora’s recent talk concerning the relationship between skepticism and atheism. (A fuller version of my thinking on this topic can be found at Rationally Speaking). Enrapt audience at SkeptiCamp2009 (photo by Mitch Lampert) Editor’s note: this is a rebuttal to The Quixotic Man, about De Dora’s talk, “Skepticism Includes Atheism (So Deal With It),” at SkeptiCamp NYC 2009. TQM’s post can be found here. Jacob, it was nice meeting you at SkeptiCamp NYC 2009, and thanks for inviting me to [...] Michael De Dora speaks about atheism and skepticism at Skepticamp NYC 2009. [You can read Michael De Dora's response to this post here, and an additonal commentary by Massimo Pigliucci here.] A disclaimer. It is Sunday Night. I have just returned home from Skepticamp NYC. It’s been a long day, I may not be thinking my best, [...] Massimo Pigliucci is a member of the board of directors for NYC Skeptics and maintains the very successful Rationally Speaking blog. He will be posting on Gotham Skeptic and sharing some of his insights on philosophy, science, and skepticism starting with this very special announcement: Rationally Speaking is soon going to be (also) a podcast, produced [...] Today, many New Yorkers will notice the new ads that have gone up in 12 of the city’s subway stations. The ads are promoting BigAppleCoR.org, the official website of the Big Apple Coalition of Reason, an umbrella group bringing together numerous local secular and humanist organizations including the Center For Inquiry | New York City, [...] |
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