…and this is a 
I often pick on Texas — that is one screwed-up, backwards, insane state, you know — but just for a change I thought I'd mention a few good people working there and doing what they can to improve the dump.
Aron Ra, of course, who is one of the best purveyors of scientific information on youtube.
Dr Michael Soto, who is on the Texas State Board of Education and is one of the few people there who promotes teaching kids good science instead of that hackneyed medieval crapola other board members peddle. Keep him on the board, please, and elect more like him.
All the scientists working in Texas universities who do a fine job doing and teaching science. To represent them all, I'll just cite the biology department at Sam Houston State University, which goes against the political grain and makes a clear statement about evolution:
We unequivocally support evolutionary theory, which has gained unwavering support by scientists who acknowledge that scientific validity comes only as a result of hypothesis testing, sound experimentation, and replication by others. It is this respect for the scientific method and scholastic integrity that has convinced the scientific community that evolutionary theory and the work of Charles Darwin are one of the most important of our time.
In short, we acknowledge that "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution" (Dobzhansky 1973).
All the fierce readers of Pharyngula from Texas who are fighting the good fight. You can take a bow in the comments.
Keep on battling!
All right, because everybody is reminding me in the comments, I'll also recommend The Atheist Experience. I wasn't trying to be exhaustive, there's a swarm of good Texans out there!
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Posted by: https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawleJ5jhx3512rC4GKJN-ye2DJgTCTkcDhI
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June 20, 2011 8:35 AM
Don't forget the good folks at the Atheist Experience!
Posted by: cgranade
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June 20, 2011 8:37 AM
There's something good to be said about a state which produced both Ann Richards and Molly Ivins, I think.
Posted by: houseofcards
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June 20, 2011 8:40 AM
Yes, do not forget the Atheist Experience. Matt Dillahunty,Russell Glasser, Tracie Harris, Martin Wagner, Jeff Dee and Jen Peoples, among others. I admire their composure.
Posted by: mmj_gregory
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June 20, 2011 8:41 AM
I agree with the first comment!
*waves from Dallas*
Posted by: Rawnaeris
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June 20, 2011 8:41 AM
North Texan Pharyngulite, reporting for duty, sah!
Posted by: marcm2k7
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June 20, 2011 8:42 AM
The people at the Atheist Experience were the people who eventually lead me to you PZ. -- They are all wonderful people who are informative, unselfish and chock full of information and knowledge. Much like yourself.
Posted by: MoonBat52
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June 20, 2011 8:43 AM
What's always puzzled me is the dimorphism in the lunacy. A state that can produce such great women as Barbara Jordan, Ann Richards, Molly Ivins, Linda Ellerbee (sp?), and R. E. Howard's mother can't come up with more decent Y chromosome examples? Hell, even the only remotely not totally insane Republican seems to be Kay Bailey Hutchinson.
Posted by: slugboi
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June 20, 2011 8:48 AM
Austin, TX here, which is a rational oasis in a sea of batshit (aside from folks like Alex Jones). Thanks, PZ!
Posted by: Greg F.
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June 20, 2011 8:50 AM
Maybe I'm just being needlessly overcautious, but when it comes to public statements in support of evolution, I like to see a phrase like "given the best existing evidence, evolutionary theory is the best explanation for all biological processes on Earth" or something of that nature.
After all, changing one's worldview with good evidence and making statements showing that you may change your mind should sufficient evidence be provided provides the best contrast to the kind of absolutist, black and white, "we said so, therefore it is so" language employed by fundamentalists.
I know that ardent creationists will insist that evolution is just a belief no matter what any statement about the theory says, but it's the principle that matters here. Science is better than blind faith because following the fact wherever they lead is better than petulant obstinacy and I feel that statements from scientific institutions need to hammer on this fact as much as possible.
Posted by: toomanytribbles
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June 20, 2011 8:55 AM
i'm also moved to mention the atheist experience TV show: http://www.atheist-experience.com/
Posted by: fcaccin
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June 20, 2011 9:00 AM
According to my rudimentary mind, Texas has done great good.
Posted by: Bort
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June 20, 2011 9:03 AM
San Antonio checking in, although I am not sure that I am fighting the good fight. I really dropped the ball on my own evolution blog (nondiscovery) . Makes me really appreciate people who stick with it.
Posted by: humanapexx
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June 20, 2011 9:04 AM
I looked at Dr Michael Soto's website expecting to find at least some supernatural bullshit (for example "god used evolution" or "I belong to this religion") but I saw nothing about it. Maybe there is some hope for Texas.
-- Human Ape
Posted by: Dianne
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June 20, 2011 9:07 AM
I'm an ex-Texan. I grew up in Dallas and have relatives in west Texas. Left as an adult though. I really don't care for hot weather and the idiots were just too idiotic for me. Plus I don't like fighting. Arguing, yes. I like to argue. But when people get really upset it ruins the fun for me. Texans like to fight, in general.
I think part of the answer to moonbat's question lies in one of the more positive parts of Texas tradition: women in Texas are NOT expected to be submissive. Decorative, yes. Admiring of men, yes. Submissive, no. In Texas, including rural west Texas, it's perfectly acceptable for a woman to tell a man to shut up and stop being an idiot. Especially if he is being. He won't do it, of course, but he'll respect you for telling him to. Also men in Texas don't wait to be served. Anyone who can't be bothered to go get their own food is likely to starve. Anyone who doesn't help with the dishes is likely to eat on dirty dishes.
Or maybe that's just my family and their weird habits.
Posted by: gdgoodson
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June 20, 2011 9:07 AM
Texan in exile checking in. And don't forget: http://www.ph.utexas.edu/~weintech/weinberg.html
Posted by: Sven DiMilo
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June 20, 2011 9:10 AM
Unless I am mistaken, there's some overlap there.
Ain't Explainin'.
Posted by: Gus Snarp
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June 20, 2011 9:20 AM
And apparently at least twelve people in Midland, Texas.
Posted by: joed
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June 20, 2011 9:33 AM
One of the best is
Professor Robert Jensen UT Austin
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rjensen/index.html
Posted by: SpockSA
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June 20, 2011 9:34 AM
I second that. I'd just like to say that I'm an engineer from San Antonio who is an atheist. I'm glad to be one of the exceptions towards Salem's hypothesis!
And just to pimp out the new digs at University of Texas - San Antonio (where I'm going for my doctorate in Biomech Eng), they just built two 70 million dollar research buildings dedicated to Biology, Biomedical Engineering, and the Natural Sciences. There is hope, people.
Posted by: Antiochus Epiphanes
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June 20, 2011 9:35 AM
Sven: Heh heh.
*happy happy*
Posted by: Sention
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June 20, 2011 9:39 AM
Another Austinite here, agreeing with #8.
Stepping outside this city you notice the change. Just last month my sister graduated from Friendswood High School where I had to sit through a prayer at the event. My mother's ignorance was proof enough I was in bass-ackwards Amurca. When I talked to her about it she stated that everyone else could "Go back to where they came from." I felt so loved.
Posted by: Ben in Texas
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June 20, 2011 9:40 AM
*checking in from Dripping Springs (just outside Austin)*
Posted by: AKron
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June 20, 2011 9:45 AM
I was born in Beaumont Texas, but decided it was too hot, so I moved to Cleveland OH when I was two. That, and the fact my dad was done with his selective service duty for the Navy. After only two years of that nonsense (and the fact dad was done with his residency)I moved to Wisconsin.
Now I'm living in fully krausened "God's country".
Posted by: robinm
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June 20, 2011 9:53 AM
*waves from SW Dallas* Thanks for recognizing that we're not all crazy :)
Posted by: Howard
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June 20, 2011 9:53 AM
I listened to a talk by Dr. Soto last weekend at our Freethinker's meeting. Excellent young man with a vision for the future for all young Texas students. Need many more like him.
Agree with the comment about Molly I'vens - Texas is fast sinking, but it "ain't" lost yet, thanks to progressives like her.
Posted by: noodles2375
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June 20, 2011 9:57 AM
Don't forget well known atheist and theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg, at UT-Austin :)
Posted by: Stuck_in_Cowtown
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June 20, 2011 10:04 AM
Long time lurker here --- just wanted to say 'hi' from the "FW" part of "DFW". This seemed like a good opportunity to come out of the lurker shadows.
And yep, Texans are all f***tards, present company excluded of course ;) And Zeus help us all if the king moron - Dick P. - decides to run for prez. Heard on MSNBC this morning that his staff is scrambling around trying to determine what he needs to do to make a "late" entry into the race.
Posted by: inflection
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June 20, 2011 10:04 AM
I was born and raised in Houston, even though I'm currently living and working in Portugal. Got my degrees in physics and math at UT-Austin and met Prof. Weinberg a time or two. Good times. I'd love to go back, maybe get a job at UT or Rice.
Posted by: Feeves
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June 20, 2011 10:04 AM
Doing my best here in San Antonio, Texas where prayer still does nothing for our drought.
Posted by: opieparks
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June 20, 2011 10:15 AM
Happy to be another taking a bow from Austin, TX where it's a great place to be an Atheist. Just be careful about which roads you take north out of town and don't spend too much time in Williamson Co. Pale blue dot, indeed.
Posted by: carolw
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June 20, 2011 10:25 AM
Another wave from Austin. I was raised in the bunghole of Texas on I-10 near Louisiana, where you couldn't spit without hitting a church. We have produced some awesome folks, but I (putting it mildly) worry about Gov. Goodhair. I got my 70-something-year-old mother's (unnecessary but appreciated)approval to go protest his farce in Houston in August. Who's with me?
Posted by: cayborduin
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June 20, 2011 10:33 AM
Yes the Atheist Experience!
Posted by: MetaEd
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June 20, 2011 10:47 AM
North Texas Church Of Freethought
Fellowship Of Freethought - Dallas
Dallas-Fort Worth Coalition Of Reason and its member organizations
Posted by: Wildlifer, Zombi chasseur de tueur
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June 20, 2011 10:50 AM
I won't take a bow since I've only just returned to the Converse/SA area (after 37 year absence) from another batshit crazy state - North Carolina, but I'll do my best to "represent".
Posted by: Antiochus Epiphanes
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June 20, 2011 11:04 AM
I have it on good evidence that AtheistConnect also origignates from TX.
Posted by: crypticscholar
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June 20, 2011 11:06 AM
Checking in from Dallas and fighting the good fight to teach people scientific method.
Posted by: Dust.....spy
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June 20, 2011 11:10 AM
This blog is run by a health educator at the University of Texas in Austin. The person is also a very pro sex, sex educator who counsels the students raised on fundi religion and abstence.
While not an atheist, she does what she to educate her students so as to reduce guilt, prevent STI's and pregnacy, and for FSM's sake, have a little fun! Oh, she's also Dust's neice and I feel she does important work.
http://howtohavesexintexas.blogspot.com/
Posted by: Glen Davidson
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June 20, 2011 11:14 AM
Don't mess with good Texas.
When it comes to IDiot Texas and idiot Texas, mess with the morons.
Glen Davidson
Posted by: Malachi Constant
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June 20, 2011 11:25 AM
I'm getting a good science education here at Texas State in San Marcos (just south of Austin). We even have a brand-new chapter of the Secular Student Alliance sponsored by a biology prof who takes no guff from students spouting creationism.
Also, Sam Ogden from Skepchick lives in Texas, and we have the Texas Freethought Convention coming up in October. Look forward to seeing you there, PZ.
Posted by: Savior Breath
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June 20, 2011 11:29 AM
Austin-area representative here.
Just yesterday, I met Matt Dillahunty. By remarkable coincidence, I mentioned that, when Texas bashing gets in full swing on Pharyngula, someone consistently tempers the clamor by citing The Non Prophets.
Posted by: Bronze Dog
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June 20, 2011 11:50 AM
I need to get back to doing more of my part. Of course, working on my thesis will take priority for a while. At least after that, I'll be able to wave a Master's degree in some troll's face if I feel like turning his obsession about credentials against him.
Posted by: CaptTu
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June 20, 2011 11:53 AM
Thanks PZ. I live north of DFW and work out of MSP. Hope to have you on one of my flights or maybe see you passing though there one day. Would really like to see you give a talk... especially here in Texas.
Posted by: PZ Myers
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June 20, 2011 12:05 PM
I'll be in Houston in October.
Posted by: Multicellular
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June 20, 2011 12:08 PM
Another San Antonian doing my best to keep the light burning. I also teach biology (including evolution) at Northwest Vista College.
Posted by: racartwright
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June 20, 2011 12:08 PM
Don't forget that PT and the Talk Origins Foundation are based in Texas. As am I.
Posted by: lordasrielftw
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June 20, 2011 12:16 PM
Reporting in from Friendswood. First time, long time, maybe only time (Infidel hunting always in season around here). Thanks to PZ and all for helping to make this place bearable.
@21 I had thought I was alone on this island. Sorry to hear the FHS graduation sermons continue.
Posted by: Amor Fati
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June 20, 2011 12:23 PM
Aaaand Camp Quest Texas, and the Fellowship for Free Thought in Dallas.
Posted by: Gerg
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June 20, 2011 12:35 PM
We've got a good Atheist and Skeptical community down here in San Antonio. We even have a new-ish podcast being produced by the San Antonio Skeptics Meetup:
The Skeptic Wire (http://skepticwire.blogspot.com/)
Can't wait until this year's Texas Freethought Convention!
Posted by: Shawki
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June 20, 2011 1:11 PM
I usually cringe when Texas is in the title to any of your posts because I know how ass-backwards my state can be. Thanks for giving those of us who are rational some kudos! Maybe one day we can overcome the legacy of idiocy we seem hell-bent on leaving.
Posted by: badgersdaughter
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June 20, 2011 1:20 PM
Fierce and proud in Houston! Up with the Pharyngulistas!
Posted by: Midnight Rambler
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June 20, 2011 1:22 PM
Checking in from the Evolution meeting in fabulous Norman, Oklahoma - Matthew Rowe gave a great talk on Saturday about how teaching a course on critical thinking and rational analysis to undergrads made a vastly bigger difference in increasing acceptance of evolution than standard basic biology, which had almost no effect. Not really surprising, of course, and it also went a long way toward eroding belief in other pseudoscience and woo like homeopathy and astrology.
On the flip side - someone from OU has said that while it's not true the meeting is being held at a hotel outside of town rather than the university due to concerns about creationists (the school doesn't have enough rooms close enough together to make it work), the administration did move the picnic held on campus from the central oval to a less conspicuous site for that reason. I mean seriously, WTF?
Posted by: badgersdaughter
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June 20, 2011 1:34 PM
... now for the love of cephalopods and cognitive musicology, someone please get me the hell out of here?
Posted by: markabbott50
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June 20, 2011 1:35 PM
I'm glad you posted this. We aren't all batshit crazy. Most of us, but not all.
Posted by: dylanfan
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June 20, 2011 1:38 PM
Somehow these comments don't seem complete without a mention of Kinky Friedman ...
Posted by: rexlees
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June 20, 2011 1:42 PM
Thanks! It's partially your blog that helps keep me sane in a state that's knee deep in... insert favorite slang word here.
Posted by: otrame
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June 20, 2011 1:46 PM
San Antonio Pharyngulite here--there seems to be quite a passle of us.
As for Kinky, any man who wrote "They Don't Make Jews Like Jesus Anymore" deserves a shout out.
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June 20, 2011 1:49 PM
Checking in from Texas A&M. I like causing all sorts of mischief and mayhem here. Vuvuzela marching bands, bringing in evil atheist speakers via the SSA, etc. :)
Posted by: shysom
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June 20, 2011 1:50 PM
Hello from Austin and College Station. Yes, I am a prof at A&M, but live in Austin to stay sane (I spend weekends in Austin, and during the semester I spend weekdays in CS.)Even in College Station, I sometimes see hope. Last semester, while walking to the library, a student passed me wearing a tee-shirt with a cute graphic: Jeezus lovingly cuddling a dinosaur. I laughed and said, "Nice shirt!" The student, a bit sheepishly smirked and said, "Thanks."
Posted by: reeddlh
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June 20, 2011 1:55 PM
Thanks for acknowledging those of us who (have to) live here, and work for our sanity every day. I did my part for years as an AP English teacher in Dallas area, undercover. I stealthily nourished the sparks of skepticism that show up in smart kids who are trying to think against all the crap they are immersed in every day. Meanwhile, I silently endured the school prayers and email god-glurges every day. Thanks to the internet, though, we can find each other, and there are places to send the kids looking for a way out. There is also now good support for us old atheists who do get tired of being bashed for merely living here.
Posted by: ohhkellee
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June 20, 2011 2:08 PM
Hi from DFW! :D
Posted by: Andy Groves
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June 20, 2011 2:09 PM
I hope I get the chance to see you when you come to Houston in October.
You should also give a shout-out to the Biology Department at Baylor University in Waco (no longer affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in Houston where I work). Baylor in Waco has had a long history of the college administration trying force ID on the campus, including getting Bill Dembski down their to try and run an ID center. Baylor Biology's clear statement on evolution can be read here:
www.baylor.edu/biology/index.php?id=77368
Posted by: texaskeptic
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June 20, 2011 2:35 PM
Hello from Houston! Its not always that bad here, for every Joel Olsteen there's at least 1 Willie Nelson! Not sure that balances things out, but it keeps them interesting. It is nice to see some positive discussion of Texas here; there are a lot of us working to make this a better state.
Posted by: https://me.yahoo.com/a/kfv354lkm.JxzZc0cyRXo4qL4A--#0c188
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June 20, 2011 2:50 PM
Another howdy from a Texas hippie.
Just remember when you hear about Rick Perry, we tried to warn y'all about Bush!
Posted by: texaskeptic
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June 20, 2011 2:59 PM
Speaking of Rick Perry- If you're able to, write him a letter protesting this August's Prayer Rally with the American Family Association. Hosting a Prayer Rally with a recognized Hate Group with the explicit purpose of bringing people to jeebus is completely beyond the pale.
Looking forward to this October PZ.
Posted by: iwriteforme
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June 20, 2011 3:03 PM
I'm also now in Texas, and putting up a good fight for rational thought and reason.
My YouTube channel, with 2000+ subs
Posted by: djfav
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June 20, 2011 3:35 PM
I'm another Austinite Pharyngulite. Howdy y'all!
Posted by: alienchaos
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June 20, 2011 3:37 PM
San Antonio here...also give a cheer out for community college professors who display some good 'ol Texas common sense and rationality.
Posted by: Andy Groves
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June 20, 2011 3:38 PM
We Houstonians should also remind y'all that we elected an openly lesbian mayor in 2009. Houston is the fourth largest city in the US. Just sayin'.......
Posted by: Algernon, elle sans chapeau
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June 20, 2011 3:48 PM
*waves from DFW*
Now let's all try to keep our governor from getting the presidency!
Posted by: bengvanallen
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June 20, 2011 3:48 PM
I'm not from Texas, but Houston and the university I'm at are quite a bit better than I expected as an atheist liberal biologist.
Also - my adviser here (also not from Texas, but ended up here) is an author on this paper:
"Evolution by any other name: Antibiotic Resistance and avoidance of the E-word"
link to full text: ">PLos Biology
Posted by: TommyTheSkeptic
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June 20, 2011 4:13 PM
Thanks PZ. I'm a godless liberal born and raised in Houston.
Posted by: TommyTheSkeptic
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June 20, 2011 4:17 PM
I'll try to make it to the Texas Freethought Convention in October. Hope to see you there.
Posted by: Midnight Rambler
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June 20, 2011 4:23 PM
Oops, forgot to mention - the major point of my post above was that the speaker, Matthew Rowe, and the class he discussed are from Sam Houston State, which PZ mentioned in the post.
Posted by: c0nc0rdance33
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June 20, 2011 4:32 PM
I'm a lifelong Texan, PhD biologist and researcher. It may be infested with crazies, but it's the place I call home.
While we're at it, don't forget about NASA JSC, The Texas Medical Center (still the largest medical research center in the world), and the dozens of Nobel Prize winning scientists who call Texas home:
A Gilman, J Deisenhofer, Brown and Goldstein, F Murad, Robert Curl, RA Hulse, A MacDiarmid, James Cronin... the list just keeps going.
It's a big place: you'll find morons and geniuses in abundance.
Posted by: kittenevil
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June 20, 2011 5:00 PM
Houston here! Hope I can afford to see you in October!!!
Posted by: ButchKitties
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June 20, 2011 5:03 PM
At least Texas still has some redeeming people inhabiting it. Indiana used to have one, but Jennifer McCreight was smart enough to take her college diploma and GTFO.
Posted by: plien
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June 20, 2011 5:35 PM
NOT a texan, but i am a fan of AronRa and i want to direct people to this other texan youtubechannel which has a lovely voice narrating it's video's;
http://www.youtube.com/user/holysinecure
I do hope they post something new soon, but the series they allready have up are quite lovely.
Posted by: Fatboy
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June 20, 2011 6:01 PM
I've been living in Wichita Falls, TX for just about a decade. I wasn't born here, though. I moved here for my job. (But my one grandfather was from Texas.) If you can get used to the heat and the churches on every corner, it's not such a bad place. The barbecue's pretty good.
For a bit of blog-whoring, though most people have already heard about it, here's my take on the latest Texas Republican Platform.
And speaking of organizations from Texas fighting the forces of insanity, don't forget the Texas Freedom Network.
Posted by: MagistraMarla
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June 20, 2011 6:18 PM
When my youngest daughter attended UTSA a few years back, her biology professor's first words were "Evolution happened. Get over it, or get out." She told me that a few students walked out; a few, including herself, applauded; and then they all got down to work. She said that it was the best science class she ever attended.
I don't know if he's still there, but I hope so and I hope that he's keeping up the good work.
Posted by: Fatboy
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June 20, 2011 6:21 PM
Greg F @ 9 wrote:
I think you are being needlessly overcautious. Would you preface a statement about heliocentric theory or the germ theory of disease with the same disclaimer? I think there's enough evidence for evolution at this point that we don't need to worry too much about it being overturned.
Posted by: Fatboy
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June 20, 2011 6:32 PM
Okay, one last comment from me. Are any of you other Pharyngulites out there from Wichita Falls? Are there any skeptic groups in the city that I'm not aware of?
Posted by: vitreosity
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June 20, 2011 7:19 PM
Howdy from deepest darkest central Texas, and thanks to PZ and all the denizens for a blast of rationality every day. There are plenty of rational Texans of course but not too many vocal ones around here. One of my favorite affirmations of Texans getting it right is the Barbara Jordan statue at the airport in Austin. Every time I see her I get a warm buzz. (I fly a lot.)
Posted by: kherbert.wordpress.com
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June 20, 2011 7:41 PM
I just came from an inservice about our new curriculum for our district. Over lunch I gave several teacher information about the American Family Association. They were shocked that a modern politician would work with a hate group.
They are now even more against Perry than they were before. You would be hard pressed to find a teacher who supports Perry around here - and our district isn't having to lay off any staff.
Now if I can just convince our PTO to NOT participate in the chick fil a fundraising nights.
Posted by: TxMx86
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June 20, 2011 7:57 PM
Howdy from an atheist in Austin.
Posted by: JonW
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June 20, 2011 10:09 PM
Hello from Baja New Mexico (aka El Paso TX). Don't forget the good folks at Texas Fredom Network:
http://www.tfn.org/site/PageServer?pagename=TFN_homepage
Posted by: DaveP
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June 20, 2011 11:19 PM
A friendly wave from Lubbock.
Posted by: mike51
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June 21, 2011 1:57 AM
Yeah, but that don't erase the silly shit that keeps on going on down here.
Posted by: Ye Olde Blacksmith
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June 21, 2011 2:22 AM
Howdy from the middle of nowhere (tiny tiny town near College Station.) The people are generally nice but flat eat up with Jebus. Sadly, right now, it is everything I can do to just stay sane and counteract the nearly constant attempts to" save" my 7 yo daughter.
Posted by: Rokkaku
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June 21, 2011 8:26 AM
West Irving represent!
Posted by: Antiochus Epiphanes
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June 21, 2011 8:52 AM
Ye Olde Blacksmith: You on fire? I'm from a tiny town not an hour from College Station. We spent sunday in a small arc of flames.
Posted by: Ye Olde Blacksmith
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June 21, 2011 10:05 AM
Antiochus: are you over by Midway? I'm NE of BCS about an hour so no fires here. Just really hot and the power was off several times.
Posted by: destlund
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June 21, 2011 10:41 AM
Hooray Austin! I wonder what Austin, MN is like...
Posted by: rasurec
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June 21, 2011 11:35 AM
A science teacher checking in from East Texas... Doing what I can to promote reality in the Lone Star state.
Posted by: Antiochus Epiphanes
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June 21, 2011 12:39 PM
YOB: Very close to Midway, but fortunately just south. We could see the smoke rising, but couldn't smell it.
Posted by: jassmine90
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June 21, 2011 2:29 PM
Waves from Irving, Texas.
http://www.metroplexatheists.org/
Posted by: CosmoVanPelt
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June 21, 2011 3:22 PM
I'm also in the North Dallas area, originally from Austin. Facepalms grow here much like fruit trees do in the south.
Posted by: intpagan
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June 21, 2011 4:49 PM
I live in Denton, and we're trying to fix the state by being there, voting, and raising an awesome skeptical kid. It's a hellhole, though. Don't let the screen name fool you; it's from my pre-atheist days.
http://socialistfeminazi.blogspot.com