Tomorrow I will be leaving for sunny Cincinnati, Ohio to participate in the 9th North American Paleontological Convention. On Thursday I, along with fellow Panda's Thumbers Art Hunt and Richard Hoppe, will be participating in a panel discussion on “Countering Creationism.” Of course, I will be sure to emphasize that the really important thing in countering creationism is to try to offend as many religious people as possible. Browsing through the program reveals that the two big Thursday talks before our panel are from Ken Miller and Eugenie Scott. Should be interesting!
Alas, I don't generally blog from the road, so you'll just have to make do without me for a few days. Sorry about that. :(
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Meetup?
Surely, I can't be the only Cincinnatian who read ScienceBlogs and Panda's Thumb.
Cincinnati is a jewel!
Be sure to visit a micro-brewery and the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame!
Then, get the hell out before you catch something.
The Hall of Fame is in Cleveland.
Go get 'em, Jason! Have a nice trip!
Scott -
Thanks for the encouragement. I'll try to do you proud.
HP -
Could be fun, but I'm not too sure about the logistics.
OOO! Visit "Dilly-Deli" in Mariemont, OH. I just went there over the weekend to see the aquarium. Good food, good beer, and good entertainment.
I recommend folks look at the abstracts for the meeting. 495 pages of some seriously good skimming. Click on he link for the meeting and look for the abstracts.
Probably see you this evening, Jason.
You were in the news.
Wow! That was fast. The big trip to the Creation Museum was just this afternoon. The quote is accurate, too.
I spoke to several other journalists during the trip, but I don't know if they are going to use anything I said.
Scientists study foes' ways at Creation Museum
But they all söve seemed interested to söve see the museum, built to tell a Creationist söve view of the origins of man and to rebut söve the theory of evolution that söve many of the scientists hold söve dear.