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Some of the state's witnesses suggested that the scientific community was 'closed-minded' on the subject of creationism and that explained the lack of acceptance of the creation-science arguments. Yet no witness produced an article for which publication had been refused.
Judge William R. Overton, "Decision of the Court" Science and Creationism, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1984),
February 29, 2008
Category: Religion
Ready to be disturbed? Watch this graphic movie of socially sanctioned child abuse of the worst kind — children who are indoctrinated into idiocy. That's just the first part. Watch the rest, if you can....
Posted by PZ Myers at 3:56 PM • 156 Comments •
Category: Politics
Those Canadians have got a few prigs running things up there, and they've apparently trying to pass some laws to slap down those darned naughty artist types. There's just one line from the sour old prude that's worth mentioning,...
Posted by PZ Myers at 3:49 PM • 117 Comments •
Category: Cephalopods
Metasepia pfefferi Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman....
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:23 AM • 136 Comments •
February 28, 2008
The two most amusing explanations for why we have leap years that I've heard came from creationists: Those scientists can't even measure the length of the year accurately! They have to keep fudging their numbers every few years to make...
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:37 PM • 116 Comments •
Category: Environment
A few weeks ago, you may have heard about that interesting study that showed that using cropland to produce biofuels was actually more damaging to the atmosphere than using fossil fuels — among the reasons was that tying up productive...
Posted by PZ Myers at 5:33 PM • 90 Comments •
Category: Environment
This is something that will cause a few heart palpitations at UMM — we've begun this big push towards being a green university, exploring alternative energy and conservation, and we are very proud of our campus wind turbine, with plans...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:18 PM • 82 Comments •
Category: Humor
Where it doesn't descend into bad poop jokes (the good poop jokes are funny), this collection of photoshopped book covers has its moments. I like this one: it's the book Brockman told Dawkins that he'd never get published, because...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:28 AM • 79 Comments •
Category: Creationism
There's a school board election in District 11 of Texas that has a clear choice: Pat Hardy is the pro-science candidate, despite being a conservative, religious Baptist, while her opponent is a deranged lunatic who is quietly outspending her...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:03 AM • 56 Comments •
Category: Creationism
Answers in Genesis started this so-called peer reviewed journal called Answers, and the latest publication therein is such a confused mess that I'm wondering if it could be a hoax. Here's the abstract, but I think just the title...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:39 AM • 161 Comments •
Category: Politics
John Hagee is one of the most contemptible people to have an unwarrantedly prominent voice in our country. He's an obese, smug televangelist whose claim to fame is a terrifying dedication to the apocalypse, war and death, and prophecy and...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:55 AM • 79 Comments •
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