Monthly Archives: April, 2010

Meetup: April 18 at Shangri-la Starbucks

Facebook event page Sunday, April 18, 2010 1-4PM Starbucks Shangri-la (near cinemas) Agenda: * Mini-lecture: Singularity by Jed Segovia * Shoptalk: Courtship tips from and for freethinkers *...

FF Top Ten: April 14, 2010

The Catholic Church is doing a lot of puzzling things these days. After centuries of evasion tactics and BS, I think the world (including their believers) are on to their tricks. Journalists are having problems hiding their raised eyebrows/outrage/sarcasm. Read the news here.

From the elephant’s mouth: Interview with Bishop Yniguez

In my previous post about the HIV summit, I wrote about my unanswered question (What should the DOH do about the...

On Freethinking, Objectivism, and Plagiarism

I've recently learned about the plagiarism in a recent post and think that some sanctions are necessary. Therefore, together with our...

What should the DOH do about the CBCP?

I asked the titular question at this morning's HIV Summit hosted by the Philippine National AIDS Council (PNAC). The event started...

On Proof and Evidence

Sometimes – actually oftentimes – we can get pretty sloppy and careless in our use of words. Take the use of the words “proof” and “evidence”. Proof and evidence, like speed and velocity, or theory and guess, have colloquial definitions that often lead to confusion. In order to smooth the progress of communication and avoid misunderstanding, these words have been given technical definitions in science and philosophy...For example, we prove a mathematical theorem instead of “finding evidences” for its truth, while we accumulate the evidence for a particular scientific theory but we never “prove” a theory. What’s the difference? The distinction is best illustrated by examples.

FF Top Ten: April 11, 2010

A blind summa cum laude graduate, a Barbie Doll for heathens, and Dawkin's Shaft impersonation (well, sorta). These and more weekly news updates available over at the full article!

Should There Be An Absolute Moral Standard?

"Not much experience is needed to be fully aware of human weakness and to understand that human beings—and especially the young, who are so exposed to temptation—need incentives to keep the moral law, and it is an evil thing to make it easy for them to break that law."

Less Talking, More Hitting: Elevating our Sentiments to Action (or Why Secular Activism?)

Secularism won’t come as a gift or magically sprout overnight. It is like any human achievement – we MUST work to get it.

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