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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.
July 29, 2009
Category: Science
The remainder of my review of Mooney and Kirshenbaum on paper will have to wait a bit longer. You see, I now have Mooney and Kirshenbaum in real life to discuss. Always happy to have an excuse to visit the...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 4:35 PM • 53 Comments •
July 26, 2009
Category: Science
The science blogosphere has been buzzing about Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future, the new book by former SciBlings Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum. For whatever reason everyone else seems to have received their review copies before I...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 11:17 PM • 44 Comments •
July 24, 2009
Category: Religion
On the subject of science and religion, Karl Giberson and Francis Collins are not among my favorite commentators. That notwithstanding, this interview actually manages to be pretty interesting. Giberson's questions are in bold face, Collins' answers are in regular type....
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:31 PM • 20 Comments •
July 23, 2009
Category: Religion
Th Richard Dawkins award is given by the Atheist Alliance International based on the following criteria: The Richard Dawkins Award will be given every year to honor an outstanding atheist whose contributions raise public awareness of the nontheist life stance;...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 7:41 PM • 50 Comments •
Category: Religion
In the course of expressing his dismay with the Episcopalian Church (for ordinating gay bishops) and with Jimmy Carter (for holding liberal political views), conservative pundit Cal Thomas provides an apt summary of the Bible: Inclusivity has nothing to do...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:35 PM • 18 Comments •
Category: Religion
From an interview with Brad Pitt posted at a German website: BILD: Do you believe in God? Brad Pitt (smiling): "No, no, no!" BILD: Is your soul spiritual? Brad Pitt: "No, no, no! I'm probably 20 per cent atheist and...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 1:32 PM • 6 Comments •
July 22, 2009
Category: Anti-Creationism
An amusing comment from last night's Countdown. Guest host David Shuster was siting in for Keith Olbermann: On this day in 1925, an anniversary of note if your name is Sam Brownback. High school biology teacher John T. Scopes was...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 5:34 PM • 2 Comments •
July 21, 2009
Category: Miscellaneous
The overlords at Seed have informed us that there will be some server maintenence starting at 7:00 tonight. Alas, it will be impossible to comment during that time. Take that Turkish spammers!...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:24 PM • •
Category: Evolution
From Yahoo News: Fish have lost half their average body mass and smaller species are making up a larger proportion of European fish stocks as a result of global warming, a study published Monday has found. “It's huge,” said study...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 6:20 PM • 7 Comments •
July 20, 2009
Category: Anti-Creationism
Blogging will continue to be sporadic around here for a while longer while I struggle to finish up a few projects that for some reason aren't getting finished on their own. In the meantime you can have a look at...
Posted by Jason Rosenhouse at 3:40 PM • 2 Comments •
