Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
…and this is a pharyngula stage embryo.
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Thunder rolled… It is said that the gods play games with the fates of men. But what games, and why, and the identities of the actual pawns, and what the game is, and what the rules are - who knows?
Best not to speculate.
Thunder rolled…
It rolled a six.
(Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!)
A complex regulatory network in a diploblast
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October 31, 2007
Category: Personal
I came across this interesting meme: google for the image that comes up first for your name. I was a little surprised by what "pz" returns, but I think it is entirely appropriate....
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:25 PM • 116 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Godlessness
How peculiar — I've gotten several requests in email to comment on this plaint from Theodore Dalrymple, a fellow who doesn't like those "New Atheists" like Sam Harris and Dan Dennett. It's peculiar because I'm here at a conference with...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:14 PM • 213 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Administrative
I know, it's not very scary, but here's something that might strike terror into a few hearts: October 2007 has been Pharyngula's first million visit month. I remember the first month I broke 300 visitors (Woo hoo! Ten readers...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:28 AM • 62 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 30, 2007
Category: Academics
I found an article about new brain cells that I thought was really interesting. Researchers at the Yale School of Medicine discovered the mechanism behind how new neural cells are integrated into the adult brain. It turns out that new...
Posted by Lua Yar at 7:42 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communicating science • Local
Tonight's the night for the inaugural meeting of Café Scientifique-Morris for the 2007-2008 school year. The topic is: Food or Fuel? A simple multi-scale integrated analysis of agroecosystems It will be presented by Abdullah Jaradat of the North Central Soil...
Posted by PZ Myers at 4:25 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Religion
Guilt-ridden Christian: If I don't obey God, he's going to make me suffer for all eternity. Evil-angelical Christian: I don't make you obey God, I'll be responsible for your eternal suffering. That link will take you to a despicably...
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:05 PM • 333 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Organisms
If you are wondering who that little guy is on my shoulder, you need to be enlightened. Of course they're beautiful. I keep a model right next to my spring-loaded squid toy. So you want a closeup?...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:06 PM • 62 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This is a troubling story if you just read the right-wing perspective: a student at Hamline University (an excellent liberal arts college in the Twin Cities) was suspended for writing a letter to the university administration. That shouldn't happen, I'd...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:53 AM • 272 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Humor
Who would win? I think this is he definitive answer....
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:00 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Religion • Stupidity
Pope Ratzi confirms the bankruptcy of religion for me once again....
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:25 AM • 191 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
October 29, 2007
Category: Entertainment
The other night, I made the mistake of going to the local theater to see the horrible new version of Halloween by Rob Zombie. It sucked. Unimaginative, tedious, unrelievedly grim, plodding, with no insight or interesting ideas, and it wasn't...
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:59 PM • 69 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category:
While I would love to devote all of my time to neurobiology, I do have other classes that require my attention. In one of those classes I am writing a research paper on tuberculosis. While researching tuberculosis I began wondering...
Posted by harderkid13 at 4:04 PM • 28 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Weirdness
Objects of strange affections: Sex doll → mannequin → bicycle → pavement. No word on how many of them vote Republican....
Posted by PZ Myers at 3:34 PM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
How can you not believe in creationism when such famous authorities in biology and human anatomy accept it?...
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:44 PM • 52 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
No three words are more pregnant with the promise of error in a conversation with a creationist than to hear them say "what evolution predicts…". It's practically a guarantee that you're going to hear something bizarre and fundamentally erroneous —...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:36 PM • 159 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Media
I'd almost forgotten, myself. But look, Gannon shows up in the virtual flesh at Denialism to try and defend his record. Trust me on this, Jeff. You want us to forget your sleazy softball approach to fake journalism. You aren't...
Posted by PZ Myers at 12:42 PM • 42 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
