Climate change + Evolution + Republican Fool = Chaos on Maher
Category: Creationism
This must have been fun, I wish I'd been there....
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Category: Personal
I guess my Montreal talk is going to air in Ontario tomorrow…or as Larry Moran points out, it's also on the intertubularities....
Posted by PZ Myers at 3:19 PM • 23 Comments •
Tom Ritter's claim
Category: Creationism
I chuckled at Ritter, the creationist suing a Pennsylvania school district, but now I've actually seen formal legal complaint, and I'm not giggling anymore. It's more like the kind of roaring guffaw that would make Brian Blessed sound like a...
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:58 PM • 96 Comments •
That's just what they don't need
Category: Skepticism
Africa is suffering through the global AIDS pandemic — tens of millions are infected with HIV. It's good that wealthier nations are sending resources to the continent, but do they really need a quack homeopath and chiropractor to travel to...
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:28 PM • 38 Comments •
Someone explain this to me
Category: Religion
The Vatican claims to want to talk with atheists, so they're having a conference. How nice. The Vatican announced a new initiative aimed at promoting dialogue between theists and atheists to be launched with a two-day event this March in...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:24 AM • 88 Comments •
Episode CLXIII: Group hug!
Category: Open Thread
I had my own little prediction about what would happen in the recent split: I expected the HATE thread would start off with a surge and burn out early, while the LOVE thread would end up with the most comments...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:38 AM • 680 Comments •
Evolve a car
Category: Evolution
Looking for a nice demonstration of genetic algorithms? Here's a simulation that takes randomized connected collections of polygons and wheels and scores them for their ability to traverse a rugged 2D landscape. I tried it last night, and it gave...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:14 AM • 58 Comments •
January 28, 2011
Friday Cephalopod: Bedroom eyes, and quite the pucker
Category: Cephalopods
Sepia bandensis...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:27 PM • 17 Comments •
An odd fact
I've tried to catch the news on broadcast and cable TV, off and on, lately, and it always ends up being far more off than on, despite certain dramatic events going on in the world. American news is dead, it...
Posted by PZ Myers at 3:48 PM • 107 Comments •
Holy crap, Texas, how can you stand your governor?
Category: Politics
Governor Rick Perry has been talking about education. Well, there is a lot of fat to cut from our public schools, especially those in our biggest urban areas like Houston and Dallas. I am concerned that some the highly diverse...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:47 PM • 123 Comments •
