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Category: Weirdness
So, what does the promotion of jazz have to do with HP Lovecraft? (This isn't a raven and a writing desk non-connection — there really is a link.)...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:18 AM • 25 Comments •
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Changes in the educational levels of the general population in recent years appear to account for much of the variance in biblical beliefs over time. The current proportion of biblical literalists is 32%, only half of what it was in 1963, when 65% of Americans said they believed in the absolute truth of all words in the Bible and that it represented the actual word of God. Belief in inerrancy is most likely to be found among people who did not complete high school (58%), and least likely among college graduates (29%).
[One Nation Under God, (1993) Barry A. Kosmin & Seymour P. Lachman. pg. 268]
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Doom, doom, doom
Category: Environment
If you've got an hour, this conversation between Carl Zimmer and Paul Ehrlich is well worth listening to. Ehrlich has a somewhat controversial reputation as an ecological Cassandra…but remember, Cassandra was right....
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:44 AM • 83 Comments •
June 29, 2008
Dr Who? Dr Dawkins!
Category: Entertainment
It's a very, very short moment, practically an aside, in a recent Dr Who episode, but there he is. I guess Richard Dawkins has finally made it....
Posted by PZ Myers at 6:05 PM • 530 Comments •
Cheap parking in London!
Category: Religion
Well now, isn't this special: if you're a religious leader on official business, you can get free parking permits in North London. Mike Freer, leader of the council, said: "The importance of religion to many Barnet residents cannot be underestimated...
Posted by PZ Myers at 5:48 PM • 64 Comments •
Where is science blogging going? I don't know.
Category: Weblogs
Blake Stacey, who is a good guy to have by your side in a firefight, has a wonderfully complicated post on this thing called science blogging. He's mostly stating the obvious: it's anarchic, it's very hard to pull out, say,...
Posted by PZ Myers at 5:21 PM • 41 Comments •
Uh-oh. It's almost July — we need a Molly for June!
Category: Administrative
Like the title says, this is your thread to tell me who deserves the Molly award for June. I'll aim to announce the winner on 1 July....
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:17 AM • 86 Comments •
SNL circa 1975
Category: Entertainment
Did anyone else catch Saturday Night Live last night? NBC rebroadcast the very first episode with host George Carlin, and I had to watch. Saturday Night Live came out in 1975, when I first went off to college at Depauw...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:31 AM • 68 Comments •
Radio reminder
Category: Godlessness
Today is the day of the GLBT Pride Parade in the Twin Cities, so naturally today's Atheists Talk radio is all about the fight against discrimination and for equal rights for all. Tune in at 9am! If you're godless, there's...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:09 AM • 45 Comments •
June 28, 2008
World-wide weirdness
Category: Skepticism
Lest Phelps and the Texas Supreme Court leave the unfortunate impression that the US is the sole repository of lunacy in the world, Ben Goldacre's latest column is about linking mobile phone signals to suicides — there's a bit of...
Posted by PZ Myers at 6:43 PM • 72 Comments •
Must go wash eyeballs and ears now
Category: Kooks
Admit it: you've been wondering what Fred Phelps thinks of George Carlin. If you'd rather not click, rest assured: it's exactly what you might expect....
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:14 AM • 129 Comments •
