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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.

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April 26, 2007

Maher on Religion

Category: Religion

Bill Maher showed up on Scarborough Country yesterday to explain his problems with organized religion. Since I can't improve on his eloquent and spot-on comments, I will simply reproduce them beneath the fold. Enjoy!...

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Wiley Apologizes

Category: Miscellaneous

I am happy to report that the little dust-up between Shelley Batts and Wiley has ended peacefully. Wiley has apologized for their rather heavy-handed treatment of the matter. When I read the good news over at Shelley's blog, I had...

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April 25, 2007

What Happens to Babies in the Afterlife?

Category: Religion

Commenting on the recommendation of the Vatican International Theological Commission to eliminate the concept of limbo, Michelle Tsai, writing for Slate, offers some interesting thoughts on past efforts by church leaders to resolve the final destination of baby souls in...

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The Vatican Eliminates Limbo

Category: Religion

From the Catholic News Service: After several years of study, the Vatican's International Theological Commission said there are good reasons to hope that babies who die without being baptized go to heaven. In a document published April 20, the commission...

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Legal Harassment of Retrospectacle

Category: Miscellaneous

In this post, my SciBling Shelley Batts, of Retrospectacle, analyzed a recent paper claiming that fruit becomes healthier when consumed with alcohol. Something about boosting the antioxidant properties of the fruit. Interesting stuff. Even more interesting was what happened next....

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April 24, 2007

Creationists Don't Know What They are Talking About. Literally!

Category: Anti-Creationism

Ooblog presents a fascinating exchange that he had with Discovery Institute blogger Michael Egnor. The exchange centers on Egnor's oft repeated challenge to Darwinists to explain how it is possible for naturalistic processes to explain the growth of information during...

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It Just Isn't Fair!

Category: Religion

Via P.Z. Myers, I came across this post, from George Shollenberger. He is the author of a book entitled The First Scientific Proof of God, which tells you pretty much everything you need to know about him. He seems vexed...

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April 23, 2007

Comments on O'Reilly

Category: Politics

If you're curious, in an interview lasting just over four and a half minutes, Bill O'Reilly uttered 609 words, while Dawkins uttered a mere 342. Considering the way O'Reilly usually treats his guests, that's a pretty good ratio. At the...

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The Dawkins-O'Reilly Instatranscript

Category: Religion

Well, Richard Dawkins had his little run-in with Bill O'Reilly tonight. No doubt surprised to have an A-list guest on his show, O'Reilly managed to keep the stupidity to a minimum (though, as we shall see, he certainly did not...

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Nikhil Rao To Speak to the Alliance For Science

Category: Anti-Creationism

For my Virginia based readers, Nikhil Rao, founder of the group Conservatives Against Intelligent Design, will be speaking to the Alliance for Science tomorrow, April 24. The talk will be held at the Arlington Central Library, 1015 N. Quincy Street...

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April 22, 2007

Why Do Scientists Reject the Obvious?

Category: Anti-Creationism

Over at William Dembski's blog, GilDodgen asks the following:...

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Pope Benedict on Evolution

Category: Anti-Creationism

With everything else that has been going on lately, I never got around to discussing Pope Benedict's latest statements on evolution. Here's what Reuters had to say on the subject: Pope Benedict, elaborating his views on evolution for the first...

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April 19, 2007

On Framing, Part Three

Category: Science

Some of the commenters to my previous two posts have suggested that they are tired of this subject. But since Matthew Nisbet himself stopped by to alert me to this post over at his blog, I figure the least I...

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April 18, 2007

On Framing, Part Two

Category: Evolution

In my previous post on this subject, I described the main faults I see in the Mooney/Nisbet thesis regarding the importance of proper “franimg” in presenting science to the public. In this post I would like to focus specifically on...

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On Framing, Part One

Category: Science

My SciBlings Chris Mooney and Matthew Nisbet have created quite a stir recently, first with this article in Science and later with this article for the Washington Post. The basic premise is that scientists need to become more effective communicators,...

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April 17, 2007

Responses to VA Tech

Category: Religion

Here's Franklin Graham, from last night's Scarborough Country, reminding us of what's important about the VA Tech shooting: First of all, we know that God loves us and God cares for us. And there is a devil in this world....

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April 16, 2007

The Virginia Tech Shooting

Category: Miscellaneous

In light of the events today at Virginia Tech, I'm suddenly not in the mood to talk about framing, or Imus, or the Pope's statement on evolution. At this point the death toll is up to thirty-three people. Blacksburg, VA,...

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April 9, 2007

Math in Roanoke

Category: Mathematics

First, the good news: I will be attending the spring section meeting of the Mathematical Association of America this Friday and Saturday. The meeting is being held at Roanoke College, and as you can see here, I'm giving one of...

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April 6, 2007

Wilkins vs. Myers

Category: Religion

John Wilkins has a post up criticizing P.Z. Myers for criticizing Elaine Pagels for criticizing Richard Dawkins. Maybe we'd better start at the beginning. An interview with historian Elaine Pagels appeared in Salon. The first two thirds of the interview...

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April 5, 2007

The Day Without Yesterday

Category: Science

One of the nice things about being a Big Shot science blogger is that sometimes people are willing to send you free copies of their books. One such person is John Farrell, who graciously sent me a copy of his...

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The Genetics of Dog Size

Category: Science

Sorry for the light blogging this week. I've been spending my time doing all of the things I should have done last week, but didn't because I was writing long blog entries about my experiences in Knoxville. You might want...

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April 2, 2007

Egnor Does Math

Category: Anti-Creationism

Two weeks ago I joined the chorus of Science Bloggers bashing Michael Egnor for his posts at the Discovery Institute's blog. I pointed out a fairly straightforward error in one of his posts. At that time I mentioned that I...

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Creationist Thermodynamics, Again

Category: Anti-Creationism

The folks over at Uncommon Descent have unveiled a new blogger: mathematician Granville Sewell. He's the latest know-nothing to convert a comically simplistic version of the second law of thermodynamics into an anti-evolution argument. Of course, this is one of...

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Paul Cohen Dead at 72

Category: Mathematics

Paul Cohen, one of the giants of twentieth century mathematics, has died of lung disease at 72. Cohen's major claim to fame was his resolution of the Continuum Hypothesis. Here are the basic ideas:...

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