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The fundamentalists, by 'knowing' the answers before they start (examining evolution), and then forcing nature into the straitjacket of their discredited preconceptions, lie outside the domain of science - or of any honest intellectual inquiry.
Stephen Jay Gould
Category: Creationism
I'd been wondering about the credibility of David L. Abel, an Intelligent Design creationist who claims to work in the Department of ProtoBioCybernetics and ProtoBioSemiotics, Origin of Life Science Foundation, Inc. I tried to track down this foundation with the...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:13 AM • 117 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Bad Science
That sad article on gyres as an explanation for everything has had more fallout: not only has it been removed from Science Daily's site, not only has Case Western retracted the press release, but one of the editors at the...
Posted by PZ Myers at 4:07 PM • 37 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academics
The Indiana Senate has approved this bill: The governing body of a school corporation may offer instruction on various theories of the origin of life. The curriculum for the course must include theories from multiple religions, which may include, but...
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:28 PM • 17 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academics
The Fordham Institute has released their annual evaluation of state science standards. They are very tough graders — Minnesota got a "C". Ack! Mom & Dad are going to be pissed, how will we ever get into a good college...
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:53 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
The miseducation committee of the Indiana legislature recently approved a bill to allow the teaching of creationism in the schools, and now the Indianapolis newspaper approves, with the usual tepid and illegitimate arguments. Much would depend on how teachers handle...
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:32 PM • 26 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
Indiana is preparing to promote creationism in their science classrooms. A legislative committee has advanced a bill that endorses creationism and "alternative theories" to the vote of the full senate. So it's not a law yet, but it's advancing down...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:13 AM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
The requirements to be a TV weather presenter are fairly slack: an undergraduate degree with some training in meteorology is preferred, but not required, and the main skills seem to be looking presentable with nice hair, being able to dance...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:40 AM • 67 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
I'm going to be a contrarian here. I think the Kentucky legislature has made a perfectly sensible budget decision. Here's the deal: in the current budget, a couple of interesting decisions have been made. Funding for K-12 education: -$50 million...
Posted by PZ Myers at 5:53 PM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
This just isn't right. The United Kingdom is this small little country way off in Europe, and the United States is this giant powerful country, and they managed to put creationists in their place while we debate about electing them...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:21 AM • 40 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Creationism
The Missouri is considering HB1227, a bill that would require public schools to teach intelligent design creationism. It's a descendant of a similar bill that was previously allowed to die, and it shares some of the same properties as...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:23 AM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
