The passing of an enemy of science
Falwell's political legacy is important in the same way Bo Derek's hair in "10" was important.Posted on May 16, 2007 8:57 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Island of Doubt
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.
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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.
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- You can't say that on the radio
- Amazing alt-energy overview at Nature
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Inspiration
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
Author's site: cyamid.net
--- H. L. Mencken
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.
punditry:
Dawkins on Colbert
Richard Dawkins on Stephen Colbert's The Colbert Report...Posted on October 18, 2006 8:12 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Bill Bryson and Bill O'Reilly
Something is very wrong at Amazon.com. Maybe whoever programs the software that matches purchase patterns with new releases has a strange sense of humor, but the recommendation that showed up in my email box this morning suggests remedial action is...Posted on September 18, 2006 9:39 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The sound of thundering silence
Carl has added Jack Kemp to his pantheon of creationist-friendly pols after coming across the Republican presidential-wannabe's latest column, which attempts to cast doubt on the notion that pro-evolution forces aren't doing as well as the liberal media would have...Posted on August 23, 2006 12:24 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Moon rises on London
Could it be a coincidence that this column summarizing the political right's infatuation with bad science in England appeared only a couple of days after Chris "Republican War on Science" Mooney arrived in London? Polly Toynbee of the Guardian writes...Posted on July 19, 2006 8:54 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Cut Hawking some slack
I wasn't going to wade into the Stephen-Hawking-has-lost-it debate, but then I came across an otherwise unrelated story this morning pitting Cosmologist Numero Uno against the late Pope John Paul II. For those unfamiliar with the fuss, Hawking had the...Posted on June 16, 2006 3:25 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Ann Coulter Problem
What should we do with the likes of Ann Coulter? More than a few people are upset with her recent comments disparaging the 9/11 widows. Her new book wastes a lot of trees misrepresenting evolution. Ed takes umbrage at her...Posted on June 13, 2006 7:56 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
