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Jason Rosenhouse received
his PhD in mathematics
from Dartmouth College in 2000.
He subsequently spent three years as a post-doc at
Kansas State University.
Observing the machinations of the Kansas Board of Education
led to his unhealthy obsession with issues related
to evolution and creationism.
Currently he is an Associate Professor of
Mathematics at James Madison University,
in Harrisonburg, VA.
June 29, 2006
Category: Administrative
The annual chess extravaganza known as The World Open will be taking place in Philadelphia this weekend. I will be participating, of course. That means I will be out of town for the next week or so. Regular blogging will...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:20 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Administrative
A few people have sent me e-mail to tell me that certain comments, rather than being posted immediately as they should be, are getting placed in a queue waiting for my approval. I now make it part of my daily...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:10 PM • 3 Comments •
June 28, 2006
Category: Anti-Creationism
Shortly after finishing Monday's post, I discovered that the new issue of the Reports of the National Center for Science Education had turned up in my mailbox. It contained the following item: Arthur Shapiro is a professor in the Department...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:48 PM • 24 Comments •
June 27, 2006
Category: Politics
The latest attempt to pass a constitutional amendment allowing Congress to pass laws against flag “desecration” failed by one vote in the Senate. It had already passed the House. Had it passed the Senate, it would surely have gotten the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 8:52 PM • 10 Comments •
Category: Anti-Creationism
My new essay for CSICOP's Creation and Intelligent Design Watch site is now available. This time: My take on the old tautology argument, inspired by Ann Coulter and Tom Bethell. I argue - surprise! - that natural selection is not...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:10 PM • 5 Comments •
June 26, 2006
Category: Anti-Creationism
An interview with historian of science Ronald Numbers has been posted. It has already attracted some blog attention. P. Z. Myers rightly criticizes Numbers for some rather bizarre statements about the relationship between science and religion. Over at Telic Thoughts,...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:04 PM • 156 Comments •
June 23, 2006
Category: Ask a Science Blogger
The latest Ask a Science Blogger Question is: What makes a good science teacher? My fellow SB'ers have already unloaded a wealth of good answers. In one of his essays for Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, Isaac Asimov relates the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:29 PM • 4 Comments •
June 22, 2006
Category: Mathematics
Polymathematics has posted another excellent essay on the subject of whether .9999...repeating equals one. This time he is responding, very effectively, to various counter arguments raised by commenters. One small comment of my own, though: The name of the blog...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:32 PM • 17 Comments •
June 21, 2006
Category: Miscellaneous
I rented The Aristocrats the other day. This was the documentary (for lack of a better description) by Paul Provenza and Penn Jillette in which numerous comedians and comedy writers were asked about a particular joke, called “The Aristocrats.” As...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:35 PM • 9 Comments •
Category: Anti-Creationism
Paul Gross has written this useful review of John Brockman's recent anti-ID anthology Intelligent Thought: Science Versus the Intelligent Design Movement. I intend to do some posts relating to specific essays in the book, but Gross' overall assessment is the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:18 PM • 2 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
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