Monthly Archives: January 2017

Index to Reviews

Posted on 11 January 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

I’ve built a page here for reviews, books and films, that I’ve posted here since mid-2013, when the “Views from..” blog was established, succeeding the earlier Locus Online editorial blog. The link is in the header above. I’ll go through … Continue reading →

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Blog ToC Updated

Posted on 7 January 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

I spent a couple three hours this afternoon — as a storm moved in over the Bay Area — compiling my own Table of Contents to this blog, and updating that page. I thought I had not posted so much … Continue reading →

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Christianity and the Sunk Cost fallacy

Posted on 4 January 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

In the Christmas Day issue of the New York Times, columnist Nicholas Kristof has a chat with the evangelist Christian pastor and author Timothy Keller, asking Am I a Christian, Pastor Timothy Keller?. Kristof admires the teachings of Jesus but … Continue reading →

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An Intelligent Design Video

Posted on 1 January 2017 by Mark R. Kelly

Decent video that debunks “intelligent design”, triggered off Michael Behe’s claims of irreducible complexity and the human eye, showing evidence of partial eye evolution in other species. And it pinpoints the human psychological issue– the “personal incredulity” fallacy, i.e., claiming … Continue reading →

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