Books
Books that I have written.
Media Appearances
Podcasts and Videos in which I have appeared or which I have created.
pyndamics3
Dynamical systems simulation in Python. Includes both continuous and stochastic simulation.
Stats for Everyone
An introductory stats book from a Bayesian perspective, including Python software.
I am a Scientist, Skeptic, and Professor at Bryant University. My goal is to make technical subject matters widely accessible and to use my analytical and computational skills to assist anyone with their science-related problems.
Blog
What to do when you're not an expert
So I was listening to the very interesting discussion between William Lane Craig and Lawrence Krauss at the City Bible Forum, which I'll discuss another time. There was a good …
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Origins of Religion - Two Hypotheses
In one of Don Johnson's podcasts, he gave some "data" which he claims is supported by the theistic worldview and not the atheistic worldview. The points he raises are:
- everyone …
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The Supernatural and the History of Cosmology
I hold the view that the term "supernatural" is simply an incoherent concept. No one has been able to demonstrate that that the set of "supernatural" things is not empty …
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God in the head
On the Unbelievable Facebook page, Delia Ives posted:
The evidence that God exists as an idea inside peoples' heads and the lack of evidence that he exists elsewhere is so …
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Presuppositions and Science
I heard on a podcast a theist say that he had a problem with Victor Stenger. The critique was phrased something like, that Dr Stenger put his atheism first in …
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Textual Transmission Bottlenecks
So I've been thinking about the origins of Christianity and the texts that we have which concern it. Then I watched Richard Carrier's new presentation on why he thinks Jesus …
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Trying to figure out fiction I like - Game of Thrones semi-fail
So I just read the first book of the Fire and Ice series (Game of Thrones), and am not going to read any more. In fact, I pulled a "24 …
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What would it take for me to believe the Resurrection?
So in a comment on a previous post, I am asked
“what sort of evidence would convince you of, let’s say, the resurrection of Jesus?”
I want to break …
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A question for theists: why do you not believe UFOs are alien spacecraft?
Now, I am really not trying to be snarky here, so please hear me out. Try to honestly ask yourself the question:
what evidence would make you reasonably sure that …
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Unbelievable Project: The Probability of the Resurrection
The Probability of the Resurrection - Calum Miller & Chris Hallquist - Unbelievable? - 06 July 2013 – Is the resurrection 97% likley as Swinburne claims?
As part of the Unbelievable Project, I am taking …
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Baseball and the Naming of the Gospels
So I was listening to the Reasonable Doubts podcast, and in either the episode on the nativity or the one on the reasonableness of Christianity (both debates), the theist in …
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Rules for Criticizing Opponents
Below is an excerpt from Dan Dennett's article article "tools for thinking". I heard an interview with him on Point of Inquiry, which I would say was just "ok". I …
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The source of morality
Over at David Marshall’s blog he has another response in our ongoing conversation about the origins of morality, modern perspectives on slavery, and the roles of Christianity in it …
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Christianity and morality
In a comment to one of my posts about miscellaneous Christian ideas, David Marshall asks the following question:
Why do you suppose that you think slavery is wrong? How do …
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Miscellaneous Christian topics - another counter to Marshall
Over at David Marshall's blog he has posted a response to one of my Unbelievable Project posts (sidenote: I do promise to get back to that project...I have a …
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Model helicopter guided by power of thought....
I don't think I need to add anything to this one...the title and movie speak for themselves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSTLHBrTgD4&feature=youtu.be
All right …
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Evidence Of Other Universes
When I see things like this, I recall pieces of apologetics like "everything that begins to exist has a cause", and "the existence of the multiverse is a bigger faith …
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Star Trek and Storytelling
I'm a big fan of Star Trek. I grew up with it (on re-runs), followed the Next Generation and Deep Space Nine with interest. I did skip Voyager and Enterprise …
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A little about miracles
I listened to a recent interview (Part 2) with Matthew Ferguson on the Don Johnson show, which I found pretty impressive. Matthew Ferguson has a very interesting blog that I …
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Creationist Math
Introduction
So I got pointed to the http://www.icr.org, which if you haven't poked around on the site, you really should. It is quite interesting (not really in …
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Design, the Origin of Life, and Creationism
I just listened to a recent Unbelievable podcast, an episode about the origin of life. The creationist made the claim that all of the scientific attempts at a naturalistic, non-design …
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