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PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
…and this is a pharyngula stage embryo.
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In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not the man to whom the idea first occurs.
Sir Francis Darwin (1848 - 1925), Eugenics Review, April 1914
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July 31, 2006
Category: Carnivals
The carnivals du jour: Circus of the Spineless XI Encephalon #3 Again, this is also an open thread. I got a comment on the last one that more open threads are needed. Is that true? I don't need to go...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 4:25 PM • 39 Comments •
Category: Reproduction
Suddenly, the FDA has decided to allow over-the-counter sales of the Plan B contraceptive. They've imposed an age restriction—you must be 18 or over to buy it—but it's a smart move in the right direction, and it's about time....
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Posted by PZ Myers at 3:34 PM • 36 Comments •
Category: Science
The other day, I was asked a simple question that I knew the answer to, right off the top of my head, and since I'm nothing but lazy and lovin' the easy stuff, I thought I'd expand on it...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 3:00 PM • 16 Comments •
Category: Creationism
Catch 'em quick before they get deleted. In a post on Dembski's blog that is discussing their Kansas ad campaign to falsely portray the IDist's efforts as solely about teaching good science, there are a couple of interesting comments. Keep...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 1:15 PM • 25 Comments •
Category: Organisms
A reader discovered this fascinating graffiti in downtown Minneapolis, near the transit center on Hennepin Avenue. In Minneapolis! So far from the sea, but I'm not alone in pining for it. I may have to look this up. This is...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 11:49 AM • 13 Comments •
Category: Creationism
John Rennie deconstructs an IDist's own definition of Intelligent Design. Here's that definition: ID is the claim that there exist patterns in nature that are best explained by intelligent agency. ID doesn't claim to be a default explanation. It is...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 11:34 AM • 23 Comments •
Category: Organisms
There is now a web page dedicated to the Neoceratodus cause. If you haven't yet fired off a letter to oppose the destruction of the lungfish's habitat, there's a sample letter there to help you get started. It's not too...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 11:27 AM • 9 Comments •
Category: Godlessness
What an excellent demonstration of the importance of the principle of the separation of church and state: here's a conservative Christian minister whose views on society and politics I find thoroughly odious; here's a liberal Christian with whom I'd be...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 11:03 AM • 49 Comments •
July 30, 2006
Category: Science
Carel Brest van Kempen has posted one of his paintings of Cambrian animals—be sure to click on it to get the larger size. I wish I had a pet anomalocarid in my aquarium....
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Posted by PZ Myers at 3:59 PM • 16 Comments •
Category: Personal
I'm an exceptionally sound sleeper. I've been known to snooze through fire alarms....
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Posted by PZ Myers at 2:47 PM • 7 Comments •