Tag Archives: evolution

Payette: It’s a Joke, Folks

by | November 5, 2017

  The Governor General of Canada, Julie Payette, spoke to a room of scientists on November 1, regarding climate change, evolution, horoscopes, and bad science in general (Moscrop, 2017). She was the keynote speaker at the ninth annual Canadian Science Policy Convention in Ottawa (CSPC, 2017). Payette targeted evolution, climate change, horoscopes, and alternative medicine in the… Read more »

Short Chat with Professor Laurence A. Moran

by | September 2, 2017

Scott Douglas Jacobsen: What are the better tools to fight creationism? Professor Laurence A. Moran: Education. Jacobsen: What have you found to be the shortest arguments to counter creationist, especially young earth creationist, propaganda? Moran: There are no gods. Jacobsen: What is the current initiative of the creationist movement in Canada and United States to further their Biblical agenda?… Read more »

Weekly Update: 3-Sep-2016 to 9-Sep-2016

by | September 10, 2016

I’ve been wanting to set up recurring updates about topics of interest to Canadian atheists for years now. I was quite enthused when Secular Lynx started doing it a year or so back. But Secular Lynx seems to have died, so I thought it was finally time to step up.

“The Evolution of the Word ‘Evolution’”

by | November 15, 2015

Posting the article, “The Evolution of the Word ‘Evolution,’” recommended by @OxfordWords may stimulate discussion about  the accuracy of the claims made in the article and about the evolution of the word evolution, but words are my thing, so object or correct the article if you wish: It is curious that, although the modern theory… Read more »