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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When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
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March 31, 2008
Category: Carnivals
The latest edition of Encephalon, the carnival of neuroscience, is using Paris Hilton as a theme, I think because the contrast is so great. It still hurts to read it. I did find Jennifer Ouellette's pocket biography of Ramon y...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:33 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Godlessness
Hey, I said that in an interview last spring, which is getting a little wider circulation now: religions are fairy tales. Somebody slapped it on a billboard over Easter, though, and businesses around it reported a two-thirds decline. It...
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:17 PM • 110 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Kooks
Watch out, if you signed up for one of the Expelled showings, you might find your email address shared with more people than you expected. I think John ought to sell his newfound mailing list — it's jam-packed with the...
Posted by PZ Myers at 4:37 PM • 56 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Religion
What an awful story: a young woman is murdered by her own father for online chatting. A woman was beaten up and shot dead by her father for talking online with a man she met on the website Facebook. The...
Posted by PZ Myers at 3:12 PM • 151 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Local
Hey, look at this: Dan Dennett is coming to Minnesota State University in Mankato this week. I hope he shows up wearing that pimpin' hat. Dennett, one of the nation's most original and influential philosophers, will talk about "Religion as...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:41 AM • 66 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Humor
OK, enough. Everyone is sending me a link to this comic, but your efforts are misplaced. You need to send it to Ben Stein or Mark Mathis or Walt Ruloff — I'm not in the market....
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:05 AM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 30, 2008
Category: Godlessness • Kooks
Michael Egnor, that neurosurgeon whose tenuous grip on rationality makes him so popular with the creationists, thinks he has a gotcha moment with some notorious atheist. That rude godless fellow, who is me, said this, which is accurate: …greater science...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:54 PM • 268 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Personal
I'm home. It's been a very long day with horrible flight delays, and I'm grouchy. I must frog blast the vent core. I was stuck on an airplane for far too many hours, and I wanted to get some work...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:42 PM • 80 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Humor
You know that if I encourage this sort of thing, there will be a rising chorus of voices on the web screaming at me to shut up, don't you?...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:06 AM • 52 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Godlessness
Don't forget: Atheists Talk radio at 9am Central time!...
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:00 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 29, 2008
Category: Religion
…but there is a good argument against it: many religions are sickening. Wow, that set you guys on fire. Just to clarify: I think Wilders is a flaming nutcase; I deplore his racist angle and his desire to exclude and...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:41 PM • 317 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
Sometimes, people wonder if criticizing creationists brings more attention to them than they deserve — it's a weird dynamic on the web, where we measure popularity by traffic (unfortunately), so referencing the bad guys sends them traffic, which seems to...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:39 PM • 89 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Carnivals • Open Thread
The next Tangled Bank will be at Further Thoughts on 2 April — it's time to send those links in to me or host@tangledbank.net. Meanwhile, get inspired to write some Tangled Bank-worthy posts by reading these fine carnivals. The...
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:16 PM • 25 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Humor
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:04 AM • 68 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
March 28, 2008
Category: Humor
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:12 PM • 488 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
I have to make this really, really simple for the "Hitler was an evolutionist" dimwits. There is a central, incredibly obvious fact in Darwin's insight. If members of a population die or are killed off, they will leave no...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:48 PM • 189 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
