[Marxism-Thaxis] secular humanism or pseudoscience?

2006-02-13 Thread Ralph Dumain
I've seen Michael Shermer on PBS and encountered his name in some other arenas. I don't think he is terribly intelligent, though he does play some role in promoting secular humanist ideas. Here's an example of my dislike of sociobiological "explanations" of human belief systems, esp. those usi

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] secular humanism or pseudoscience?

2006-02-14 Thread Jim Farmelant
On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 17:08:35 -0500 Ralph Dumain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've seen Michael Shermer on PBS and encountered his name in some > other > arenas. I don't think he is terribly intelligent, though he does > play some > role in promoting secular humanist ideas. Here's an exampl

[Marxism-Thaxis] secular humanism or pseudoscience? ; old Carling thread

2006-02-16 Thread Charles Brown
Jim F's link to his discussion of Alan Carling's ideas, prompted me to look at my replies to Jim's discussion and communication with Carling. More recently, similar issues arose when I wrote to Richard Lewontin, and then copied his reply to the list here. Common to both exchanges from my standpoi