The BECB (the big evolution/creatio book) has been all-consuming lately. I've been struggling to meet my April 1 (no foolin!) deadline, which led me to spend virtually every waking moment last week either in the classroom, grading papers, or writing. My worry wasn't so much finishing the manuscript on time, since it is very nearly finished now, but finishing with enough time left over to send it out for feedback and comments. As it happens, though, late last week my editor contacted me and told me that for various reasons they wanted to push the deadline back to May 1 instead of April 1. Suddenly I have an extra month! That means it's time for some blogging...
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One of science's saving graces is that a fair number of scientists will publicly admit that they are wrong (and then there's Marc Hauser*...).
Over at The Tree of Life, Jonathan Eisen asks:
What do people think are the potential benefits that could come from finishing?
Today, the last witness for the Franken campaign made it through the weather and testified. Franken's side rested! The special side case of the Nauen petition "count my votes" appeared to finish.
Inside Higher Ed describes a study of complete rates for PhD students broken down by race/ethnicity, gender, whether the student is international or domestic, and by discipline. Here is the key chart:
To quote Doug Adams: "I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as the rush by."
To quote the Phytophactor: "It can't be a book on evolution if it doesn't take long enough to write that evolution can occur."
Yeah, but are you going to hold another contest for the book title?
t can't be a book on evolution if it doesn't take long enough to write that evolution can occur