One full hour of smoke blowing by Steve Paulson on consciousness:
My latest video response:
related info and articles:
Mister Icky Poo himself William Lane Craig blowing a huge amount of very thick smoke - and brought to you by who? Templeton:
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Mr. Muffbrain blows more smoke about consciousness and (hopefully to him & to Templeton) non-overlapping magisteria
Steve Paulson is by his own account "...a lapsed Christian who's not a strict materialist..."
One full hour of smoke blowing by Steve Paulson on consciousness:
My latest video response:
One full hour of smoke blowing by Steve Paulson on consciousness:
My latest video response:
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Watering down science: Templeton, KCPW & KUER
Draft email to: esweeney@kcpw.org, eray@kcpw.org
cc: news@kuer.org, Mike.Crane@wpr.org
For the FCC comment files, regarding KCPW, KUER, and Wisconsin Public Radio:
Here's the most recent things we've learned about the Templeton sponsored show, To the Best of Our Knowledge:
1. On KCPW, they receive it for free. Presumably there's a similar situation over at KUER.
2. Popularity is more important than content at some public radio stations.
3. Stations receiving government funding refuse to cancel this religion-advocacy program.
Templeton is apparently enabling their flagship To the Best of Our Knowledge program to sneak under the radar, rather in a similar fashion to how "creation science" advocates try to sneak religion into science class. Same smoke & mirrors.
Remember when KCPW lost 1010 AM to a Catholic radio station? I would imagine that the current owners of 1010 AM in Utah would be more than willing to their programs also on 88.3 and 105.3 FM in Salt Lake - for free. And I bet KCPW could find an audience for this. Or how about: Rush. Howard Stern. Sports. Or some other radio equivalent of porn? As long as it's popular, that's the most important thing, right? But, here's a more accurate and rational response to this Templeton-connected snake oil being foisting upon us:
By Dr. Jerry Coyne of the University of Chicago:
as from http://whyevolutionistrue.
Steve Paulson, a "journalist" on To the Best of Our Knowledge, has been honored in a high profile way by the Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Program in Science & Religion. http://www.templeton-
So, what's the deal with the Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Program?
as from http://old.richarddawkins.net/
So, presumably this letter I am sending is reaching people who claim to be "journalists," right? Can you follow the money?
Dawkins claims that journalists get paid to go to Templeton sponsored conferences?!? And, their camel's-nose-under-the-tent radio program To the Best of Our Knowledge gets carried for free on KCPW & presumably on other so-called public radio stations? What's going on here?
From Gil Gaudia:
On a recent To the Best of our Knowledge program KCPW and KUER listeners were subjected to hearing a woman bemoan the fact that her son no longer believed in God.
Who's god?
Which god?
It's not up to my public radio stations to ask that I believe in any gods or any religion. That's what the Catholic station on 1010 AM here is for. It's what the other Bible beater stations are for.
Enough is enough. The religions have their channel he Bible Beaters have their channels. Rush has his. The sports freaks have theirs. And, the little spaces taken up by public radio are supposed to be for the rest of us - those of us who are children of the Enlightenment. Your taking on this program is a betrayal of that and of our trust.
----end of draft message
Further details via past blog posts:
Steve Paulson & Stuart Kauffman - god & religion apologists get angry at Dawkins - my response
Confirmation that KCPW receives a Templeton supported program for free: To the Best of Our Knowledge
more articles found on Kauffman, Templeton, and (ick!) William Lane Craig
Mr. Muffbrain blows more smoke about consciousness and (hopefully to him & to Templeton) non-overlapping magisteria
Krista Tippett, Templeton, and the denial of basic human rights
The Templeton Bribe to journalists & scientists who whitewash the problems of religion, and who conflate science and religion
University of Utah & KUER promotes rich conservative sugar daddy's god & his religion
The distortion of science via Templeton's chumps
Related videos:
More videos at: Mr. Muffbrain blows more smoke about consciousness and (hopefully to him & to Templeton) non-overlapping magisteria
cc: news@kuer.org, Mike.Crane@wpr.org
For the FCC comment files, regarding KCPW, KUER, and Wisconsin Public Radio:
Here's the most recent things we've learned about the Templeton sponsored show, To the Best of Our Knowledge:
1. On KCPW, they receive it for free. Presumably there's a similar situation over at KUER.
2. Popularity is more important than content at some public radio stations.
3. Stations receiving government funding refuse to cancel this religion-advocacy program.
Templeton is apparently enabling their flagship To the Best of Our Knowledge program to sneak under the radar, rather in a similar fashion to how "creation science" advocates try to sneak religion into science class. Same smoke & mirrors.
Remember when KCPW lost 1010 AM to a Catholic radio station? I would imagine that the current owners of 1010 AM in Utah would be more than willing to their programs also on 88.3 and 105.3 FM in Salt Lake - for free. And I bet KCPW could find an audience for this. Or how about: Rush. Howard Stern. Sports. Or some other radio equivalent of porn? As long as it's popular, that's the most important thing, right? But, here's a more accurate and rational response to this Templeton-connected snake oil being foisting upon us:
By Dr. Jerry Coyne of the University of Chicago:
"...I know I bang on about Templeton and its prizes and huge grants, but I see the Templeton Foundation as the #1 force in America devoted to watering down science with religion, thereby confusing the two and eroding habits of rational thinking..."
as from http://whyevolutionistrue.
Steve Paulson, a "journalist" on To the Best of Our Knowledge, has been honored in a high profile way by the Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Program in Science & Religion. http://www.templeton-
So, what's the deal with the Templeton-Cambridge Journalism Program?
"The Templeton Foundation organizes an annual meeting in Cambridge where science journalists are invited (and paid very handsomely, not to speak but to listen! When were you last paid to go and be a part of the audience at a conference?). A few years ago, when I was more naive than I am now (and not knowing that the audience were being paid to listen) I agreed to speak (unpaid) at one of these meetings (I described the experience in The God Delusion.) If I were invited again, I would decline – indeed I did decline when I was invited the following year. One of this year's paid journalists, Edwin Cartlidge, wrote a letter to Anthony Grayling and Daniel Dennett, soliciting their cooperation. These two distinguished philosophers shared their correspondence with a group of people, including me. Dan's and Anthony's reasons for not cooperating with Templeton seemed to me so good, and so well expressed, that I suggested that they should be more widely publicized. All three gentlemen gave their permission. In Mr Cartlidge's case it was especially gracious of him because he is obviously vulnerable to being tarred with the Templeton brush. I hope that commenters on this thread will reserve their fire for the Templeton organization rather than Edwin Cartlidge himself. I see him as in much the same position I was in when I agreed to go, a victim of exactly the kind of subversion of science that Templeton is making its specialty.
Richard Dawkins"
as from http://old.richarddawkins.net/
So, presumably this letter I am sending is reaching people who claim to be "journalists," right? Can you follow the money?
Dawkins claims that journalists get paid to go to Templeton sponsored conferences?!? And, their camel's-nose-under-the-tent radio program To the Best of Our Knowledge gets carried for free on KCPW & presumably on other so-called public radio stations? What's going on here?
From Gil Gaudia:
"The Camel Is Heading for Your Tentas from http://www.infidels.org/kiosk/
...
In October 2007, the Bible Literacy Project (BLP) reported that their glitzy textbook The Bible and Its Influence had been adopted by the Alabama State Board of Education, which unanimously approved it for statewide use as a comprehensive program. "This is major news in the field of education," said Bible Literacy Project Chairman Chuck Stetson. "While academic study of the Bible is legal in all 50 states, this decision means that any school in the state of Alabama can purchase our textbook with state-provided funds until 2013."
BLP is a study that was funded by the John Templeton Foundation, an organization that attempts to appear ideologically neutral, but nevertheless appears to be behind many efforts to "Christianize" American politics and education, indeed the country. A typical example of the type of funding The Templeton Foundation provides is one announced recently by the Baylor University News, "the Institute for Studies of Religion (ISR) has received a $378,862 grant from the John Templeton Foundation to fund ISR's Initiative on the Economics of Religion ... (F)our scholars [will use the funds] to investigate the connection between religion and economic growth and the effects of government intervention in religious markets on the practice of religion."
According to Media Transparency, an organization that tracks funding for conservative causes, a few of the recent top recipients of Templeton dough (and how much dough), are self-evidently connected to religion. They include "Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences" ($23,122,319); "Philadelphia Center for Religion and Science" ($4,811,892); "Science and Spirit Resources, Inc." ($4,632,933); "Metanexus Institute on Religion and Science" ($4,762,514); and the "Association of Unity Churches" ($3,509,971)..."
On a recent To the Best of our Knowledge program KCPW and KUER listeners were subjected to hearing a woman bemoan the fact that her son no longer believed in God.
Who's god?
Which god?
It's not up to my public radio stations to ask that I believe in any gods or any religion. That's what the Catholic station on 1010 AM here is for. It's what the other Bible beater stations are for.
Enough is enough. The religions have their channel he Bible Beaters have their channels. Rush has his. The sports freaks have theirs. And, the little spaces taken up by public radio are supposed to be for the rest of us - those of us who are children of the Enlightenment. Your taking on this program is a betrayal of that and of our trust.
----end of draft message
Further details via past blog posts:
Steve Paulson & Stuart Kauffman - god & religion apologists get angry at Dawkins - my response
Confirmation that KCPW receives a Templeton supported program for free: To the Best of Our Knowledge
more articles found on Kauffman, Templeton, and (ick!) William Lane Craig
Mr. Muffbrain blows more smoke about consciousness and (hopefully to him & to Templeton) non-overlapping magisteria
Krista Tippett, Templeton, and the denial of basic human rights
The Templeton Bribe to journalists & scientists who whitewash the problems of religion, and who conflate science and religion
University of Utah & KUER promotes rich conservative sugar daddy's god & his religion
The distortion of science via Templeton's chumps
Related videos:
More videos at: Mr. Muffbrain blows more smoke about consciousness and (hopefully to him & to Templeton) non-overlapping magisteria
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