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PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
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As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
[Voltaire]
August 31, 2007
Category: Environment
This sounds so familiar. A few years ago, a historian of science, Naomi Oreskes, reviewed the literature on climate change and concluded that there is a unanimous consensus in the published work that anthropogenic carbon is a major contributor to...
Posted by PZ Myers at 3:49 PM • 20 Comments •
Category: Humor
Pharyngula got a small link from Dave Barry today. It's one word ("YIKES", which seems appropriate), but I have a dream that someday I will get a whole sentence. And it will be funny. Oh yes, it will be funny....
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:26 PM • 24 Comments •
Category: Religion
Texans should be concerned about Texas H.B. No. 3678, an act "relating to voluntary student expression of religious viewpoints in public schools." It's authored by Charlie Howard, an overly cheerful and zealous member of the far religious right, and Warren...
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:13 PM • 85 Comments •
Category: Kooks
The Pivar story isn't quite dead yet — Chris Mims discovers that one of his blog defenders was a public relations agent. It's not clear if he was employed by Pivar — he has written press releases for Lifecode, though...
Posted by PZ Myers at 12:14 PM • 38 Comments •
Category: Cephalopods
This is a kind of cephalart quickie, two images that are perfect for Pharyngula. If I had rooms here I'd hang them in ornate frames surrounded by expensive lighting. Here is the patron saint of Pharyngula, St Architeuthis, by...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:34 AM • 25 Comments •
Category: Organisms
Vampyroteuthis gazes at you with its terrible ancient eye… Close it, please, for the love of heaven, close it!...
Posted by PZ Myers at 6:00 AM • 63 Comments •
Category: Creationism
When I see Jonathan Wells' name on anything, I know I'm in for some furious gnashing of the teeth because of the man's infuriating tendency to blatantly lie with every sentence. That's the case with his recent baseless criticisms...
Posted by PZ Myers at 4:00 AM • 445 Comments •
Category: Weblogs
His blog is now two years old, which means it is at that point where it's very cute but has an infuriating habit of saying "no" a lot and throwing tantrums. It helps if everyone makes sure that he gets...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:00 AM • 2 Comments •
August 30, 2007
Category: Godlessness
We had our very first meeting of UMM Campus Atheists, Skeptics, and Humanists tonight. About two dozen people had expressed interest before, so we expected, optimistically, about 20 people to show up. We got there a little early, and...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:04 PM • 119 Comments •
Category: Humor
This one has been around for a while, but it's still funny....
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:58 PM • 53 Comments •
