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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The history of the rise of Christianity has everything to do with politics, culture, and human frailties and nothing to do with supernatural manipulation of events. Had divine intervention been the guiding force, surely two millennia after the birth of Jesus he would not have a world where there are more Muslims than Catholics, more Hindus than Protestants, and more nontheists than Catholics and Protestants combined.
[John K. Naland, "The First Easter", Free Inquiry magazine, Vol. 8, No. 2]
A simple story gets complicated
The Cambrian as an evolutionary exemplar
Evolution of Hormone Signaling
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May 13, 2008
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I am stunned that this t-shirt could be proudly displayed anywhere anymore. Now get this: the Atlanta Journal-Constitution is running an online poll that is asking, "What do you think of the Obama t-shirt?", with two choices: "It's racist" and...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:26 PM • 261 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Religion
Just what we need — another evangelical Christian theme park, this one in the planning stages in Tennessee. This one has one particular instance of blinkered blindness, though, that I thought was rather funny. The Park is planned as an...
Posted by PZ Myers at 5:23 PM • 150 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academics
I'm getting there — I just gave my second final exam for this semester, will get them all graded up tomorrow, and then have one last exam to give on Thursday…then I'm free! Free!...
Posted by PZ Myers at 4:04 PM • 30 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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The fundagelicals were all up in arms over the human papilloma vaccine — it was recommended for all girls to prevent the sexual transmission of a virus that can lead to cancers of the female reproductive tract. They were agin'...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:00 AM • 153 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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In the wake of the recent efforts of a School Administrative District in Maine to expel evolution from the curriculum, we now have a pointless poll seeking the vox populi on this badly worded question: "A school board member in...
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:36 AM • 75 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
Remember Sally Kern, the Oklahoma legislator who loves God and hates homosexuals? She had earlier sponsored something called the Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act, a ghastly piece of legislation that would require teachers to pass any old crap a student turned...
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:26 AM • 110 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Humor
For they are like caged animals, ready to erupt....
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:11 AM • 47 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Communicating science
I got a letter from the producers of this new evolution series to be shown on 17 June on The History Channel. It allays many of the concerns we had from the original press release. I want to thank you...
Posted by PZ Myers at 12:13 AM • 66 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 12, 2008
Category: Godlessness
Hey, we've heard theists cite the authority of Einstein in service to their superstitions often enough: practically every colloquial mention of a god by Einstein seems to get reiterated to support a claim that he was a fellow believer. There's...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:06 PM • 165 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
So what are they doing having their own creationist troubles? It just goes to show that this isn't just a problem for southern yokels in Florida and Texas — it's an epidemic all over the country. The specific problem...
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:29 PM • 79 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Don't you wish you were here?...
Posted by PZ Myers at 5:39 PM • 56 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Carnivals
Quickety-quick! The next Tangled Bank is going to be at the Beagle Project on Wednesday — so get those links in to me or host@tangledbank.net real soon now. Now I've got a full afternoon, with an imminent role as...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:55 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Religion
I have a daughter myself, who I want to grow up to be independent and free and sensible and interesting, so I can't even imagine what it would take to bring a parent to this: For Abdel-Qader Ali there is...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:33 AM • 427 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Weirdness
And in keeping with that fine circus tradition, the Duggar Family is about to have their 18th child. You know, they have successfully turned their freakish excesses into a profitable enterprise, but it really isn't at all sustainable — I...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:12 AM • 276 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Humor
We're in big trouble now. A think tank is gearing up to take on all those uppity atheists, and they have a cunning plan that cannot fail, which will strip us of one of the most important tools in our...
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:50 AM • 49 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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The Irish Independent has a poll at the bottom of their main page: "Are you in support of the Catholic Church retaining its key role in Irish schools?" It's very evenly split, 49% yes, 51% no, which represents some solid...
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:44 AM • 76 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
