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Pointless polls:
There is this strange site that has collected testimonials for the existence of god. If I were a believer, I'd be embarrassed at the painful lack of logic in these rationalizations. To the question "I believe in god because…", answers...
Posted on November 18, 2008 7:35 AM • 676 Comments
They really had to twist the language to come up with this question: Do you think the majority of Americans are okay with this sort of 'change' -- an expansion of special protections for federal employees based on their sexual...
Posted on November 11, 2008 6:07 PM • 89 Comments
How can I resist when they name it THE GOD POLL? There are several questions there: Does god exist (currently tied between yes and no)? Is there life after death (roughly tied, with yes in a slight lead)? Do humans...
Posted on November 10, 2008 4:46 PM • 211 Comments
I don't know that I should be encouraging the troop at Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge to compete with me, but OK, it's a poll, anyone can join in. This one asks, Do you agree with the gay marriage bans?....
Posted on November 5, 2008 2:42 PM • 109 Comments
The New Humanist Bad Faith Award poll is now open for voting. I nominated Sarah Palin, but I think she's well on her way to negligible irrelevancy now, so you might as well pick one of the others....
Posted on November 5, 2008 1:04 PM • 53 Comments
Once you've voted in the poll that matters, you can go play on this Online Presidential Poll. I'm pretty sure the results won't be binding, so you can vote for me or Immanuel Kant (wait, what? He left off Nietzsche?)...
Posted on November 4, 2008 12:49 PM • 180 Comments
The Edmonton Sun asks, "Should God be left out of the University of Alberta's convocation speech?" I should think so. They should also leave Odin, Zeus, and the Tooth Fairy out of it, unless it's to make a joke. Surprisingly,...
Posted on October 26, 2008 8:56 PM • 124 Comments
How can I resist this poll? It's on a site called Pray for McCain-Palin, which is hilarious in itself, and here's the poll on that page: Senator McCain's Pick of Sarah Palin as Vice Presidential Running Mate Solidified my vote...
Posted on October 14, 2008 7:57 AM • 158 Comments
Oh, come now. Are they just taunting me, waving a bit of succulent red meat before and begging me to bite? Should topics such as creationism or intelligent design be taught in public schools alongside the theory of evolution? 85%...
Posted on October 10, 2008 4:14 PM • 195 Comments
Oh, come on. A poll at a forum for the Minerals, Metals and Materials society that asks, "Which U.S. Presidential Candidate Would Better Advance Science and Engineering if Elected?", and John McCain is winning 59% to 39%? That poll needs...
Posted on October 9, 2008 10:25 PM • 56 Comments
Since you all whomped that last poll with a ruthless savagery that does a godless brute proud, how about a new one? Should abstinence-only sex ed continue?. So far, "Yes" is winning 53% to 47%, despite the fact that abstinence-only...
Posted on October 6, 2008 3:06 PM • 193 Comments
Isn't technology wonderful? It allows the woo-woos to spread their nonsense so much more rapidly, and to look slick and shiny and modern while they do it. Take a look at this report and polls on a site called AOL...
Posted on October 6, 2008 1:08 AM • 274 Comments
Rather than asking random internet voters to decide who should be Leader of the Free World, how about this one: Should Montel have psychic Sylvia Browne on his new show? For those who don't know who this is about, Montel...
Posted on October 3, 2008 12:34 PM • 41 Comments
An internet poll, which we all know is always accurate, representative, and binding, was held this week to determine who would be president of the US. Voters selected between Obama, McCain, Hillary Clinton, and a fourth, unlikely, dark horse candidate…me....
Posted on October 1, 2008 9:31 PM • 65 Comments
The ScienceBlogs Book Club has started up again, and this time around the book under discussion is Paul Offit's Autism's False Prophets: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure(amzn/b&n/abe/pwll). Offit has an entry over there right now,...
Posted on October 1, 2008 11:29 AM • 72 Comments
