I normally don't blog on this sort of thing, but the video below produces a teachable moment -- or, better, a logic check. Try and set aside the fact that there's some sort of light coming from the location of the "alien" (which looks too good to be true) that seems...
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How to Detect BS (and so, PaleoBabble)
Here's an interesting and humorous post by public speaker Scott Berkun entitled, "How to Detect Bullshit." Several parts of it are quite applicable to the paleobabbling that happens every day on the web (and in print and on radio).
Checking Your Brain in at the Church Door
This post is laced with sarcasm, but it's (apparently) backed up by research. Brain Shuts Off in Response to Faith Healer's Prayer.The first paragraph: WHEN we fall under the spell of a charismatic figure, areas of the brain responsible for scepticism and vigilance...
The Flaw of the Excluded Middle
Here's a link to an excellent article written years ago by a famous professor of Christian missions (Dr. Paul Hiebert, who was an anthropologist as well). It relates conceptually to the discussion of ETs. It argues against the rationalistic Western worldview--that...
Logic and the Jesus Tomb Discussion, Part 1
As I and others have noted before, the real weight of the Jesus tomb debate hinges on primarily two points of data: (1) Whether a name that refers to Mary Magdalene is on one of the ossuaries, and (2) Whether the inscribed name "Yoseh" corresponds to the Yose of the...