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TEA files motion to dismiss Chris Comer lawsuit
Blog of the Airtightnoodle | August 17th 2008 by airtightnoodle
Thanks to Stacy over at Colloquy for linking to this tidbit from The Texas Observer. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has, of course, filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed by Chris Comer, former science director, who was forced out of her job a read more
From the infancy of our species
Forms Most Beautiful | August 17th 2008 by Peter D Buckland
There was an interesting piece by Olivia Judson called "Optimism in Evolution" in the New York Times the other day regarding evolution that received some interesting comments back on the opinion page a few days later, under the title "The Fake Debate read more
Mission-critical analysis of an empty brain
Frogosphere » A posh frog’s blog | August 17th 2008 by Andrea
The other day I went to an office to see where some of my ape-descended friends work. I am not quite sure I fully understand the concept of work, but one thing I understand even less is the way managers talk. I heard them say I had to leverage my ent read more
If humans are the product of intelligent design, why do they have…
Frogosphere » A posh frog’s blog | August 17th 2008 by Andrea
When frogs kiss, they can do it without a nose getting in the way. When humans kiss, they have to twist their head on one side so the noses won’t cause an impediment. I cannot help but wonder: why do some people say that humans were intelligent read more
Why Religion Is A Joke...
Politically Affiliated | August 16th 2008 by Holly
The cartoon says it all... Enjoy! read more
Queen Of The Dumbed
GumbyTheCat | August 15th 2008 by gumbythecat
On August 12, the Coshocton (Ohio) Tribune printed a breathtakingly inane letter to the editor that seemingly touches upon every thoroughly discredited fundie talking point. The letter was written by a laughably stereotypical creationist named Nancy read more
Intelligent design - NOT
After cancer, now what | August 15th 2008 by Kate
Well, if you believe in creationism or intelligent design then stop reading right here. Scientists from The Institute of Advanced Studies at Princeton and the University of California discovered that the underlying process in tumor formation is the s read more
Why the readers at Little Green Footballs are a bunch of dumbass…
Habitation of Justice | August 12th 2008 by Lincoln Adams
I’ve been reading LGF on and off for the past few years (I was even on their blogroll), but I only recently began to notice a growing anti-Christian bias primarily born out of their head blogger’s distaste for Intelligent Design (ID). Whi read more
Why the “new atheism”?
Open Parachute | August 12th 2008 by Ken Perrott
In a recent attack on me by a local blogger I was labelled a “New Atheist.” I had never thought of myself that way. After all, like me my atheism is actually quite old. And I prefer to get by with the minimum of ideological labelling anyway – g read more
Science blogging in New Zealand
Open Parachute | August 6th 2008 by Ken Perrott
Science communication, specifically science blogging, is the topic of an international conference in London later this month*. I wonder how many New Zealanders will attend. I hope some do as science communication is a real problem in New Zealand. The read more
Nigel Bristlethwaite (Postmodern Man): His thoughts on Intelligen…
Forms Most Beautiful | August 5th 2008 by Peter D Buckland
The IDC's hermeneutic, ontological and pseudoscientific discourses, most notably Dembski's, shrouds its beinghood in the postmodern-dillemma-ridden communiques bound within discursive dialectical spaces wherein the heuristics fail to explicate their read more
Local paper follows up on evolution education
Forms Most Beautiful | August 4th 2008 by Peter D Buckland
Here in central Pennsylvania, we have a good independent monthly newspaper called Voices*. This month they've followed up on Michael Berkman's PLoS article on teaching evolution in American high schools. Sophie Kerzsberg interviewed some of our areas read more
"...only limited by imagination." An interview with Kevin Zelnio
Forms Most Beautiful | August 1st 2008 by Peter D Buckland
I had the good fortune of meeting Kevin Zelnio a couple of months ago (pictured right sorting critters). He's a graduate student in Penn State's biology program doing research on hydrothermal vents and an avid blogger at The Other 95% (a blog on inv read more
Water Confirmed On Mars
Hypocrisy.com | July 31st 2008 by Kim
Water's discovery will ignite the debate among Darwinian; Intelligent Design and Devine Plans. In 2002, the Odyssey spacecraft orbiting Mars spied what looked like a reservoir of buried ice. A few weeks ago when the Phoenix spacecraft arrived on Mars read more
“Despite Overwhelming Evidence, Creationists Cling to Unreality…
Thinking Christian | July 31st 2008
I’m afraid I have to disagree with Nathan Schneider again. This time it’s about his AlterNet assessment of the Dover trial and the Intelligent Design controversy. I have several things to say about it. For starters, he makes this most cur read more
The Anti-Human Philosophy of Darwinism
Politeia | July 31st 2008 by Cassandra
An article by Dinesh d'Souza on Townhall in clarification of a recent al Jazeera broadcast in which he was juxtapositioned to Richard Dawkins, shoots once again to the forefront the fruitless discourse on Darwin's Theory of Evolution on the one hand, read more
Interesting Little Boozer or Annoying the Intelligent Designers
Honjii's Harangues | July 30th 2008 by Honjii
A tiny Malaysian mammal known as the pen tailed tree shrew can booze it up with the best of them and still pass a field sobriety test (if they field tested tiny Malaysian mammals). These funny looking little creatures (pic below) spend about two hou read more
Funny You Tube video featuring a rapping Richard Dawkins
Blog of the Airtightnoodle | July 30th 2008 by airtightnoodle
Just saw this video over at Copache’s site. It’s sort of like Jib Jab meets Eminem. It’s pretty funny. Parents beware; there are a few things that may be mildly offensive. Click here to watch. read more
Texas State Board of Education…science curriculum update
Blog of the Airtightnoodle | July 29th 2008 by airtightnoodle
The following info is from STAT (Science Teachers Association of Texas): STAT President Mike Baldwin attended both the Public Education Committee meeting on July 16 and the State Board of Education meeting the 17th to discuss the revisions of the sci read more
Spreading doubt on climate change
Open Parachute | July 29th 2008 by Ken Perrott
It’s interesting how we keep getting little snippets of ‘news’ circulating the internet that cast doubt on the scientific consensus around the likely anthropogenic contribution to climate change. They will often quote new scientific read more
The Only File Larger Than McCain’s 1100 Page Medical History Is…
SkipperStyle.com Omni Blog | July 29th 2008
When the Right complained about Gore’s exaggerations, such as his claim that he single-handedly invented the internets, he was shown as being narcissistic. When Kerry liked to bring up his Purple Hearts from his ‘Nam days, they called him read more
Help from your enemies?
Open Parachute | July 27th 2008 by Ken Perrott
There’s probably a lot of truth in the dictum that you should avoid criticising your enemy because it only gives them publicity. The corollary of this may be than its worth antagonising your enemy as their responding outrage will give your own read more
Allan Wilson: Evolutionary
Open Parachute | July 26th 2008 by Ken Perrott
Good news about the documentary “Allan Wilson: Evolutionary”. Theatre screenings appear to have been limited and there is no indication yet of TVNZ screening it. However, for anyone interested in getting their own copy the DVD can be purc read more
Check out this cartoon
The Great Dinosaur Mystery and The Big Lie | July 26th 2008 by Sherry
When it comes to science and the federal government (who approve Intelligent Design to be taught in schools such as in Louisiana), this cartoon certainly reveals how science and the government supporting Intelligent Design handle the truth in their o read more
Darwin vs Kansas: The Evolution Hearings
Everyday Citizen | July 26th 2008 by Everyday Citizen
In May of 2005, a 3-member subcommittee of the Kansas State Board of Education held hearings to determine whether Darwin's long-held Theory of Evolution should be challenged in public-school science curriculum. At stake was, in effect, the definition read more
“Biblically correct” child abuse?
Open Parachute | July 24th 2008 by Ken Perrott
I really like this comment from detroitus (see What would Newton do??) There is a prayer that I used to know as a christian. Tons of people know it but few actually comprehend it I think. “Lord, grant me the serenity to accept the thing I cannot ch read more
Riz Khan Discusses Darwin’s Legacy With D’Souza & Dawkins
All Spin Zone | July 23rd 2008 by Richard Blair
I think the bickering over the theories of evolution, creationism, and intelligent design is actually a symptom of the larger issue confronting us fully flawed humans. The bottom line - our capacity to contemplate our mortality leads us to desperatel read more
Hitchens takes down a creationist claim
Forms Most Beautiful | July 22nd 2008 by Peter D Buckland
I will let Hitchens speak for himself on this one, a brilliant riposte at Slate.com to a tired creationist canard about eyes and perfection.It is extremely seldom that one has the opportunity to think a new thought about a familiar subject, let alone read more
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