Official Comment Count: 1,034,998
An irregular exploration of the struggle between the power of rational discourse and the scientific method on one hand, and the forces of superstition and dogma on the other.
James Hrynyshyn is a freelance science journalist based in western North Carolina, where he tries to put degrees in marine biology and journalism to good use.
The Demon-Haunted World:
Science as a Candle
in the Dark,
by Carl Sagan
(A
review)
The Doubter's Companion:
by John Ralston Saul (Excerpts)
Skeptic Magazine: www.skeptic.com
Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal: www.csicop.org
A poem by Yehuda Amichai:
The
Place
Where We Are Right
The Meaning of the
Island of Doubt
By doubting we come to inquiry; and through inquiry we perceive truth.
--- Peter Abelard
Undisguised clarity is easily mistaken for arrogance.
-- Richard Dawkins
As for evolution, it happened. Deal with it.
-- Michael Shermer.
« The Scarlet Letter | Main | Capitalism v. conservation »
Category: biology
Posted on: August 3, 2007 9:35 AM, by James Hrynyshyn
If this isn't a sign of the apocalypse, I don't know what is. Seven legs, double-gendered and bowel-challenged, according to the Herald-Sun. What a way to start your weekend. (Click for full size image.)
I came across the story while reading that Pope B16 says "there is much scientific proof in favor of evolution." Well, that's settles that, then.
Send this entry to:
Email this entry to a friend
View the Technorati Link Cosmos for this entry
TrackBack URL for this entry:
YES! Send me a free issue of Seed.
If I like what I see, I'll receive 5 more issues (6 in all) for just $14.95. That's 50% off the cover price! If I'm not completely satisfied, I'll simply write "cancel" on the invoice and owe nothing. The free issue is mine to keep.
(Non-U.S. subscribers, click here.)
Comments
I can haz Inteleegint Dezyn plz?
K THX BAI
Posted by: matthew | August 3, 2007 11:49 AM
I was thinking that this poor creature was some form of conjoined twin, but the article says that it's a hermaphrodite. True conjoined twins are same-sexed, although I suppose malformed genitalia could look hermaphroditic. I hope that they send it to a veterinary college for an autopsy.
Posted by: T. Bruce McNeely | August 4, 2007 2:21 AM
This mammal was born with two extra limbs and no external exit of the colon. It was provided one with surgery.
http://www.kearneyhub.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18301208&BRD=268&PAG=461&dept_id=577571&rfi=6
Another example of parasitic twinning.
Posted by: cyan | August 4, 2007 9:40 PM