July 23, 2023

Author Inspiration

Interview with Robin Craig the Author The interview below explores where I get my plot ideas from, my writing process and more. Enjoy it – I did (thanks ThoughtWare Books) for chatting with me:-) Interviewer: Robin, your repertoire includes a wide variety of stories, ranging from science fiction and alternative […]
May 30, 2012

Nothing Will Come of Nothing

There is a surprisingly unskeptical review in eSkeptic of Lawrence Krauss’s A Universe from Nothing. As an atheist I applaud Krauss’s intent to address attempts to prove the existence of a God by the “well, where did the Universe come from, huh?” argument. However his attempt to do so by arguing […]
April 6, 2012

The One True God

I was travelling along the road to Helensvale the other day when a bright light did shine upon me from Heaven and a voice as thunder spoke to me: “Hear the words of the One True God!” Then I was surrounded by fiery beings whose countenances shone upon me like […]
March 18, 2012

Lies, Damned Lies, and Creationism

This is the gist of my recent reply to a post on Objectivism Online about debating creationists, which thought might be of interest to others who encounter those pesky creatures: Arguing with creationists – that way lies madness. Many years ago I had an extended argument with a creationist (by mail – […]
May 6, 2011

Stem Cell Ban Lifted – For Now

  Good recent news is the sensible decision by a US Appeals Court overturning an injunction that barred the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from funding research using human embryonic stem cells. Good as far as it goes, but it doesn’t put a stop to court action, which is based on a […]
March 28, 2011

Creationist Nation

The April 2011 edition of Australasian Sciencereports on a survey showing that the majority of Australian adults reject evolution in favour of some form of creationism, either outright special creation or evolution guided by God. I don’t think it is quite as bad as it seems, as the survey was […]
November 4, 2010

Science Saved My Soul

This excellent video on YouTube by “philhellenes” really concretises Douglas Adams’ sentiment (reprinted in The Salmon of Doubt) when describing his reaction to realising the explanatory power of evolutionary biology: It was a concept of such stunning simplicity, but it gave rise, naturally, to all of the infinite and baffling complexity of […]