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PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
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The proper place for the study of religious beliefs is in a church or temple, at home, or in a course on comparative religions, but not in a biology class. There is no place in our world for an ideology that seeks to close minds, force obedience, and return the world to a paradise that never was. Students should learn that the universe can be confronted and understood, that ideas and authority should be questioned, that an open mind is a good thing. Education does not exist to confirm people's superstitions, and children do not learn to think when they are fed only dogma.
[Tim Berra, Evolution and the Myth of Creationism]
August 31, 2011
Category: Organisms
I don't know whether to be intimidated or aroused by the description that goes with this image. Or both. The dominatrices of the orchid world are the Bucket Orchids. They are pollinated by orchid bees that want the plant's aromatic...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:23 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Creationism
I have decided not to ever debate creationists any more. What settled it for me was the awful Jerry Bergman debate: I was deeply embarrassed to be sharing the stage with that raving fruitcake. It was clear that it...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:42 AM • 55 Comments •
Category: Politics
There's a reason I really despise Libertarianism…but still find them hilariously twisted. Here's a case of a columnist defending the science of Rick Perry. You know that evolution stuff? It's not that important. Creationism is a waste of time and...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:21 AM • 129 Comments •
August 30, 2011
Category: Pointless polls
We saved their butts in WWII*, now it's time for everyone to save them from this foolish poll. Should homeopathic treatments be available on the National Health Service? 59.1% Yes 40.9% No *It's more complicated than that, I know, but...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:07 PM • 27 Comments •
Category: Communicating science
Go watch this video of Bill Nye explaining global warming to a Fox News babbler. You can see why he's a national treasure: he cocks those eyebrows, he clearly thinks he's dealing with a knucklehead, but he goes on...
Posted by PZ Myers at 6:33 PM • 28 Comments •
Category: Medicine
My wife and I have three kids, and while that pregnancy and childbirth thing is way, way back in the past, we did have some strong opinions after our experience. Midwives were wonderful, we had only the best and...
Posted by PZ Myers at 6:09 PM • 66 Comments •
Category: Skepticism
Jobs is stepping down from his leadership role at Apple, as has been all over the news for the last several days, and I had to say that he's someone I've really admired. Not just as a fully committed...
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:08 PM • 10 Comments •
Category: Creationism
Two years ago, a California science foundation gave permission to to the American Freedom Alliance ("freedom" is like "family" in these organizations; when you see it, you should be instantly suspicious) to show a movie in their IMAX theater. The...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:07 AM • 24 Comments •
August 29, 2011
Category: Personal
Now I have a Life Before the Dinosaurs t-shirt, and you probably don't. So there. This is the science blog by a 7-year-old kid. One of the networks ought to snap him up, he's good … I wonder if we...
Posted by PZ Myers at 12:53 PM • 14 Comments •
Category: Creationism
It only took five years. Remember, my Coulter Challenge was for someone to take any of Coulter's paragraphs about evolution from her book Godless, and cogently defend its accuracy. It's been surprising how few takers there have been: lots...
Posted by PZ Myers at 12:21 PM • 37 Comments •
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