Mad rantings about politics, evolution, and microbiology
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May 14, 2008
Someone I knew who wasn't Jewish, once asked me what I could do to stop anti-Semitism. I responded that, if combating anti-Semitism is solely the responsibly of Jews, then we're done for. The point being that you need more than a small minority to fight what is. I've often thought the same about the War on Science: if fighting it is only left to scientists, we really don't stand much of a chance.
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May 13, 2008
Category: Boston
Overhead last weekend at a Boston coffeshop from someone who definitely was not a local*:
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According to a recent Applied and Environmental Microbiology paper, influenza viruses are able to survive on banknotes. Lookie, bar graphs:
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May 12, 2008
Category: Bloggity Blog
Our Benevolent Seed Overlords have announced a photo contest:
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Over at Balloon Juice, Tim F. writes regarding skyrocketing gas prices:
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May 11, 2008
Tristero correctly points out those churches that are concerned that they will lose their tax exempt status have a solution to their problems:
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May 10, 2008
Category: Hypotheses
Over at Angry Bear, there's a good list of suggestions, generated by one of the readers, of how non-scientists can assess claims made about global warming. I agree with most of them, except for the first one:
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Category: News Media
Sometimes I get a little frustrated with media critic Bob Somerby of the Daily Howler because he's a little too cryptic about what he thinks drives lousy media coverage. But on Thursday he wasn't:
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May 9, 2008
As I've mentioned before, one of the things that always mystifies me about creationists (most, anyway) is that they seem to be stuck in a scientific time warp: there's no recognition that any new progress has been made since 1859.
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May 8, 2008
