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This piece, recently published in PNAS, alludes to the fact that some scientists are either suspicious of or hostile toward philosophy. It's been my experience that many nonbelievers are similarly suspicious and, on some occasions, perhaps even believers too (it's my opinion that the Philosophy...

This thread is potentially relevant to a number of subforums, but for the moment I think the Ethics & Morality forum suits just fine. What do you think about atheists who partake in the Most Blessed Sacrament? For context, the Eucharist is often considered the holiest of sacraments in the...

Milo Yiannopoulos disinvited from CPac — Guardian

Senate rebukes Warren for reading from Coretta Scott King letter — Boston Globe

Trump’s Immigration Ban Is Already Harming American Science — The Atlantic Science Will Suffer Under Trump’s Travel Ban, Researchers Say — NY Times Top Academics Lash Out at Trump's 'Un-American' Immigration Ban — Scientific American Scientists plan their own march on Washington — STAT...

Those who feigned concern for women's safety in bathrooms voted overwhelmingly for a man who bragged about groping women's genitals. White evangelicals voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump, exit polls show — Washington Post

In Nature 2016;532(139):

From a recent study in Current Biology: Susie Allen reports on the study in UChicagoNews.

I grew up very religious and so I've found that most people assume that I am still religious. Most people are taken aback when I tell them otherwise and some even express their disappointment that I've "fallen away," to use their words. I've never been outed as an atheist, but I've also never...

As most of you are aware, discussions that centre on Christian apologetics are forbidden not only in the Philosophy subforum but across CF generally. To avoid trespassing against this rule let me make clear that this is not a thread for apologetics, but a thread about apologetics. What is it and...

Climate change denier Jim Inhofe in line for Senate's top environmental job | Environment | theguardian.com Climate Change Denier James Inhofe to Lead Environment Committee | New Republic

Teaching the Children: Sharp Ideological Differences, Some Common Ground | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YROimcT_4bk

Kids from same-sex families fare as well as peers – or better | The Conversation

Hannity Defends Vigilante Killer | Blog | Media Matters for America :sigh:

Read more: Study concludes: The US is an oligarchy, not a democracy - UPI.com The study: Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens

Gina Rinehart the 'corporate welfare' queen

http://www.ctj.org/corporatetaxdodgers/sorrystateofcorptaxesPR.pdf

According to Thomas Nardelli, formerly a top aide to Gov. Scott Walker, being black, gay, disabled and Jewish is a nightmare. Scott Walker Aide Forwarded A Totally Racist Email