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PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
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Category: Books
I have mixed feelings about this: a first-edition copy of Darwin's Origin of Species has been discovered, which is, of course, great — I do wish I had the pocket change to drop £60,000 to buy it for myself. The...
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Category: Weirdness
It's an announcement for a new video game, and the website is totally deadpan. I can't find the company "Prayer Works Interactive" on the web, which gives me some hope that this isn't real....
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Category: Weirdness
Just recently, Stephen Fry achieved the landmark of one million followers on twitter (I have less than 1% of that). Apparently, that's the threshold for achieving a personal singularity....
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:37 AM • 38 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Weirdness
John Wesley, the Methodist theologian, also advocated 'natural' cures for illness, so he was kind of a quack. However, this account of Wesley's recommendations for treating the sick has one prescription I really like. No, not the one about holding...
Posted by PZ Myers at 5:47 PM • 73 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Cephalopods
No, I don't think I could do that. I'd rather my meals weren't conscious while I masticate....
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Category: Weirdness
Gene Ray, of Timecube infamy, has a twitter account. If he and Ashton Kutcher started following one another, that would be like crossing the streams. It would be bad. By the way, he's not a very funny guy — more...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:09 PM • 98 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Weirdness
It's always good to be able to categorize and explain relationships in the world. I'm going to have to ponder this further, though. The Mummy is clearly in the same region as Frankenstein, but does the infectious nature of lycanthropy...
Posted by PZ Myers at 12:42 PM • 116 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Kooks
Some crazy lady in British Columbia named either Sonia or Tanja Jensen has me on a mailing list. I'm in good company; also on the list are the president of my university, Bob Bruininks, as well as Nancy Pelosi, Hillary...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:36 AM • 248 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Academics
Professor Thomas Tang of Middle Tennessee State University has broken the code of silence and revealed one of the vast powers which are conferred upon us when we land an academic job. It's true, professors can send you to hell....
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:51 AM • 80 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Weirdness
At last, we have a simple definition of an atheist. (via GrrlScientist)...
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