http://calvindude.com/dude The Theological and Philosophical Musings of CalvinDude Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:27:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We’ve recently seen another example of scientists jumping the gun by making absurd claims which only serve to backfire upon science as a whole. In this instance, the claims were made so quickly to the events that it is impossible for the claims to have even been peer-reviewed. Yet they ... http://calvindude.com/dude/2010/03/04/jumping-the-gun/ In The Making of an Atheist (2010. Chicago, IL: Moody Publishers), James S. Spiegel engages in a task that is well-defined and focused, and perhaps maybe too focused. As a result, the book gave me mixed feelings, yet I cannot fault Dr. Spiegel as his book does exactly what ... http://calvindude.com/dude/2010/03/01/review-of-the-making-of-an-atheist/ http://calvindude.com/dude/2010/01/20/happy-anniversary/ http://calvindude.com/dude/2010/01/19/updated-2nd-movement/ Okay, I know it’s been a while. It’s almost 2 weeks into a new year, and no posts from me! What’s up with that? Well, I blame Bush. Can’t promise this will get any less sporadic, but at least now I’ve posted something in 2010! And I ... http://calvindude.com/dude/2010/01/13/is-this-thing-on/ http://calvindude.com/dude/2009/12/22/examining-handels-messiah/ A Timeline Something odd happened this fall. BBC “weather presenter and climate correspondent” Paul Hudson wrote a blog article entitled Whatever happened to global warming? on October 9, 2009. Global Warming “skeptics” were shocked to see such a thing linked to BBC, of all places, and the article even made it ... http://calvindude.com/dude/2009/12/14/hide-the-decline/ Now that we have taken a look at the “ideal” description of the scientific method, it’s time to look at a more realistic (some may say “cynical”) example of how science works in the real world. It should be pointed out that most scientists genuinely do wish to adhere to ... http://calvindude.com/dude/2009/12/07/a-realistic-view-of-science/ Continuing my look into the ongoing goings on involving AGW (Alarmist Global Warming), I present the second shot in my opening salvo. Here is a slightly edited version of a paper I wrote a couple of years ago, On Scientific Method. And I think for this version, the subtitle: Why ... http://calvindude.com/dude/2009/12/03/on-scientific-method/ In light of the ongoing goings on in the wonderful world of AGW (Alarmist Global Warming), I thought it might be beneficial to remind scientists what science is supposed to consist of. As opposed to, say, alchemy. Which is when you put a bunch of random numbers in a computer ... http://calvindude.com/dude/2009/12/01/methodical-dialogue/