From evolution to vaccinations to global warming, something I encounter on a regular basis while researching articles for this blog is denialism, rejecting the scientific evidence in favor of an alternative… an alternative which could be anything from pure woo to scientific-sounding arguments: “Just have faith” to “irreducible complexity.” Denialism is something that invariably causes …
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Obama to meet with Benedict XVI
President Obama is scheduled to meet with Pope Benedict XVI today. I don’t know if anything interesting will come of it, but it will probably be an intriguing meeting if you were a fly on the wall. With the conservative vs. liberal views and the disagreements on abortion and stem cell research in particular, there …
The Pope Seems Pro-HIV
Today, Pope Benedict XVI stated, while en route to Africa to address the continent’s “grave problems and painful wounds”, that condoms do not help stem the spread of HIV, but actually make it worse. Here’s the quote. You can’t resolve it with the distribution of condoms. On the contrary, it increases the problem. In another …