Jim Manzi on Expelled permlink
Show Me the Science....Posted on May 5, 2008 11:27 AM • 17 Comments
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Jim Manzi on Expelled permlink
Show Me the Science....Posted on May 5, 2008 11:27 AM • 17 Comments
Ben Stein is a barbarian? permlink
John Derbyshire has a long column excoriating Ben Stein and the Discovery Institute titled A Blood Libel on Our Civilization:...Posted on April 29, 2008 1:36 PM • 21 Comments
Expelled, success or not? permlink
Chris Mooney is claiming Expelled is a box office success. Documentaries don't make a very big splash typically, but whatever you think about the impact of Expelled, the fact that Fahrenheit 9/11 will go down as a much bigger success...Posted on April 20, 2008 11:55 PM • 12 Comments
Expelled was OK... permlink
...as a piece of propaganda. I noticed that the local "art house" theater was screening Expelled, so I decided to check it out. There weren't many people there. It started off very heavy-handed, a montage of archetypical scenes from the...Posted on April 19, 2008 7:33 PM • 12 Comments
Turkey, Creationism & Secularism permlink
A new story highlighting the waxing of Creationism within modern Turkey. A depressing tidbit: Education Minister Huseyin Celik, an AKP member, said he has an open mind over the debate about evolution, but in 2005, the Ministry reportedly suspended five...Posted on March 13, 2008 1:30 AM • 5 Comments
Smart people believe in evolution permlink
Half Sigma is mining the GSS to try and understand the correlates of acceptance of the fact of evolution. He notes: Of course it's not surprising that smarter people are more likely to believe in evolution, but the difference is...Posted on February 19, 2008 5:15 AM • 13 Comments
Creationism and Its Critics in Antiquity permlink
I stumbled upon Creationism and Its Critics in Antiquity at the bookstore. I don't have time to read it right now, but I thought I'd point to it since I'm sure some readers would be interested. Accuse me of being...Posted on February 14, 2008 12:49 AM • 0 Comments
This is faith! permlink
Rock of Ages, Ages of Rock: . To the young-earth creationists, this is both unscientific and dubiously religious. "We don't subscribe to this idea of the 'God of gaps,' meaning if you can't explain something, then blame God," Whitmore told...Posted on November 26, 2007 3:42 AM • 3 Comments
Do no evil??? Bad Google! permlink
I mentioned earlier that Google News had kicked ScienceBlogs off their news feed, but left the Discovery Institute's blog. Well, look at what showed up today in my "Google Alerts" for the query "human evolution":...Posted on August 7, 2007 7:51 PM • 9 Comments
Harun Yahya - big fat joke (OK, not fat) permlink
Most of you could probably guess that my first post on Harun Yahya was meant to highlight what a joke the whole affair was. You see, making fun of Harun Yahya and his fellow travelers is a guiltless pleasure: you...Posted on July 24, 2007 2:57 AM • 7 Comments
Harun Yahya - who is funding him? permlink
As a follow up to my post mocking Harun Yahya, check out Ali Eteraz's impressive post exploring his possible sources of funding and affiliations. My own immediate instinct was to assume that he was a front for Saudi $$$; Ali...Posted on July 17, 2007 9:52 PM •
Muslim Creationism: morons a publishin' permlink
The New York Times has a funny article up, Islamic Creationist and a Book Sent Round the World, which recounts the mass distribution (gratis) of Harun Yahya's latest tract, a lavishly illustrated and packaged glossy book which aims to show...Posted on July 17, 2007 3:14 AM • 26 Comments
Creationists!?!?! Behe!?!?! Arrrrrggghhh!!!! Ham (Ken)??? permlink
Posted on June 16, 2007 2:06 PM • 6 Comments
Communist Creationism - "Black Mountain Grape Hominids" permlink
Earlier, I have implied that anti-scientific sensibilities will survive the "death of organized religion," because they preceded the rise of such supernatural peddling institutions. Of the two Korean states, the Republic of South Korea, where 40% of the population are...Posted on June 6, 2007 9:55 AM • 3 Comments
Barbara Forrest over @ Accidental Blogger permlink
Over at Accidental Blogger Ruchira Paul has a profile up of Barbara Forrest, philosopher and science activist. I've long admired her coauthor Paul Gross, who I've had the pleasure of being mildly acquainted with on internet mailing lists, and I...Posted on January 4, 2007 10:29 AM • 1 Comments
Carl fisks Luskin permlink
Check it, Carl Zimmer smacks down Casey Luskin. Hot dog....Posted on November 21, 2006 12:08 AM • 0 Comments
