Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
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Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.
[William James (1842-1910) American philosopher and psychologist]
Acoelomorph flatworms and precambrian evolution
Chelifores, chelicerae, and invertebrate evolution
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March 31, 2006
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Here's an entirely hypothetical scenario. You're in a room with two exits, marked Door A and Door B. By each is a guardian, Guardian A and Guardian B. You need to go through one of the doors. Door A is...
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:18 PM • 167 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Skepticism
The best analysis of American Heart Journal prayer study that I've seen yet is over at Rhosgobel. It uses solid methodology, and its results are clear: prayer didn't help, and might even have hurt. I've read the paper. It was...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:30 AM • 70 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Organisms
Octopus vulgaris Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman....
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Category: Creationism
Hmmm. That creationist who emailed me a question the other day has sent me another. It's like feeding raccoons—pretty soon they get the idea they should hang out in swarms around your house, they're digging in the trash, and they're...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:51 AM • 54 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Godlessness • Humor
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March 30, 2006
Category: Carnivals • Open Thread
Here are a few recent carnivals to peruse… 31st Skeptics' Circle 20th I & the Bird 7th Circus of the Spineless …and otherwise, chat away about whatever....
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:59 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Godlessness
What's gotten into the Huffington post? There's a flood of entries making fun of Christian self-pity. Two possible interpretations: liberals are all god-hating elitists, or fundamentalist fanatics have made easy targets of themselves lately. I'll let you guess which...
Posted by PZ Myers at 4:06 PM • 56 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
Jonathan Witt of the Discovery Institute has lost it. The string of defeats for the cause of Intelligent Design creationism has had its toll, first Dover and now the Ohio ID lesson plan, and the poor man is clearly...
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It's a universal phenomenon: squid love....
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Our speaker at Tuesday's Café Scientifique, Nic McPhee, has a blog, and gives the speaker's side of the event. He's exactly right that our big problem out here is improving community involvement, and getting some interaction with the townie...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:46 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The New England Journal of Medicine sometimes provides great stuff to read over breakfast, like this story of a man who returned from a trip to Hungary with his guts infested with worms, Enterobius vermicularis. OK, so it's not...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:01 AM • 39 Comments • 2 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
Nick Matzke has unearthed a treasure: an article from the Interdisciplinary Bible Research Institute that uses "Intelligent Design theory" to explain such phenomena as parasitic ichneumonid wasps and the panda's thumb. You'll be able to get an idea of the...
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:48 AM • 77 Comments • 2 TrackBacks
March 29, 2006
Category: Godlessness • Science
You all may recall the memorable, late Tito the wonder dog. Hank Fox has done something thought-provoking: he has frozen away some of Tito's cells, on the chance of cloning him. At 325 degrees below zero, the essence of Tito...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:06 PM • 37 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Politics
What the Wege says....
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Category: Godlessness • Weblogs
Here's an optimistic idea: Personally, I have a great deal of hope that this is going to start to change in the near future. Indeed, this is one area where the blogosphere could actually prove quite powerful. Ten years ago,...
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:50 PM • 491 Comments
Category: Carnivals • Politics
There's a new Carnival of the Liberals online, in which I am reminded that yours truly is hosting this one on 12 April. So, like, ummm, go read it, get some ideas, and start sending me links....
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