Why Talking to Idiots Gets You Nowhere
Finally finished this paper that’s been in my tabs for days: “Irreducible Incoherence and Intelligent Design: A Look into the Conceptual Toolbox of a Pseudoscience.” Stumbled across it playing on The...
View ArticleI Shall Never Look At a Catalog The Same Way Ever Again
Dr. Crislip’s outdone himself. He very nearly got me in trouble at work – riotous laughter in the call center isn’t strictly forbidden, but it draws attention. I dare you to read this title without at...
View ArticleUnchaining Ourselves
The Great Chain of Being needs breaking. Brian Switek took bolt cutters to it in a SciAm guest post last week, and my, how the creationists howled. Got so bad that Bora called in the cavalry. Did my...
View ArticleHey! I Practice Alt Med, Too!
Kimball Atwood’s been kicking the arses of all those who like to babble that because alt med’s popular, even the most implausible, most wootastic woo should be studied. We’re talking folks who think...
View ArticleWhy We Need Science Bloggers
Two exhibits shall suffice, methinks. Exhibit A: The Strange Case of the Oldest Homo Sapiens That Weren’t The world went haywire last week with breathless reports that ZOMG ALL UR HOOMIN EVOLUSHUNS HAZ...
View ArticleSo You Know Exactly How God Did It, Then?
You know, sometimes it seems like USA has come to stand for “United States of Appalling Ignorance.” A lot of people in this country need to read an improving book. And I’m not talking about the...
View ArticleIs There Anything More Pathetic Than Flood Geologists at GSA Meetings?
Yup. Actually, there is. And this is why the announcement that Flood geologists, those poor dumb souls who are so besotted with a Bronze Age work of fiction, are once again coming to the GSA’s annual...
View ArticleI Love the Smell of a Scam Crashing and Burning In the Morning
The Internet Age has been kind to scammers, who have used the toobz to find all sorts of hapless victims. But worms can turn. A little bit of Google-fu can turn you from potential victim to...
View ArticleWhat Do You Think – Did Bill Nye Smoke Some Ham?
I only got to watch bits of the debate between Bill Nye and Ken Ham, and caught the gist of it from the Pharyngula live blog and comments there. It was enough to realize that I’m going to be able to...
View ArticleHapless Dudes Try Labor, Literally Tap Out
I think I may be a bad person for loving this so much. But I have my reasons! I’ve never given birth, but I’ve experienced pain verging on it. When your menstrual cramps are worse than kidney stones,...
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