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Must Read Files, Talk-Origins Archive

Logical Fallacies

The great unicorn debate, by Massimo Pigliucci

Common Fallacies Atheists May Encounter When Dealing With Religionists, by Anton Thorn

Creationism vs. evolution: the twin dangers of religious and scientific fundamentalism, by Massimo Pigliucci

Understanding Science

Is Science a Religion?, by Richard Dawkins

The Improbability of YOU: To Live At All is Miracle Enough, by Richard Dawkins, excerpt from Unweaving the Rainbow

The Second Principle of Thermodynamics, by Massimo Pigliucci

Mr. Bayes and the true nature of scientific hypotheses, by Massimo Pigliucci

The Wedge: what happens when science is taken over by ideology? by Massimo Pigliucci

The Moral, Altruistic Animal

Of Altruism, Heroism and Nature's Gifts in the Face of Terror, by Natalie Angier, New York Times, September 18, 2001

Age of the Universe

An Ancient Universe: How Astronomers Know the Vast Scale of Cosmic Time by Andrew Fraknoi (Foothill College), George Greenstein (Amherst College), Bruce Partridge (Haverford College) and John Percy (University of Toronto)

The article explains the evidence showing that we live in a universe that is between 10 billion and 15 billion years old and that both the universe and its contents undergo evolutionary change.  It is designed to help teachers explain these ideas to their classes and concerned community members.  A list of written and web resources is also included.

The Age of the Earth, Paul Neubauer

Argument From Existence

A Designer Universe? by Steven Weinberg «--- READ!

A brilliant essay by the esteemed Nobel laureate physicist who provides an eloquent defense of science against the anthropic principle as postulated by theologians and Intelligent Design (ID) theorists.

Primary Argument Against God-Belief: Argument From Existence, by Anton Thorn

Creationism & Intelligent Design (ID)

A lecture by Richard Dawkins on God, Science and Religionists, Extracted from The Nullifidian, December, 94

15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense, Scientific American, 6/17/02 «--- READ!

Opponents of evolution want to make a place for creationism by tearing down real science, but their arguments don't hold up.

Professor William Craig's Criticisms of Critiques of Kalam Cosmological Arguments By Paul Davies, Stephen Hawking, And Adolf Grünbaum (1995), by Graham Oppy

Design yes, intelligent no: a critique of intelligent design theory and neo-creationism, by Massimo Pigliucci

Yet Another Critique of ID Theory, by Massimo Pigliucci

The Wedge: what happens when science is taken over by ideology? by Massimo Pigliucci

Evolution

The Cambrian Explosion, by Massimo Pigliucci

Science & Creationism, National Academy of Sciences

"You Figure it Out" (pictorial comparison study)

The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin (Complete Book)

The Descent of Man, Charles Darwin (Complete Book)

In the Media

Resources

Talk Origins Archive

Massimo's Skeptic and Humanist Web

National Academy of Sciences

Andrew MacRae's talk.origins Page

Answers in Science