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evolvingthoughts | July 26, 2006
In which our hero discovers the joys of walking...
Next on my trip, I visited David Williams, a paleobiologist at the Museum of Natural History in London. We talked at length about the nature of systematics (which is something I am increasingly less certain about) and of the history of species concepts. Then he showed me some of the marvellous architecture that Richard Owen commissioned when he built the place. It really is made to look like a Cathedral of Science, with mock Gothic architecture and vaulting ceilings, all decorated with biological themes, I am pleased to say. Despite his…
oracknows | July 26, 2006When you don't have time to write something substantive, what do you do?
Post YouTubes videos, of course!
Sadly, I can almost relate to this one (after all, thanks to BitTorrent, I have now seen all of the episodes from season two of the resurrected series, with David Tennant playing The Doctor):
(Hat tip: Stupid Evil Bastard.)
pharyngula | July 26, 2006Alright, Orac, I'm trying to get some work done here this morning…so why'd you have to send me this clip of an atheist church to distract me with unseemly giggling?
pharyngula | July 25, 2006So Hank Fox sent along a couple of videos: one's funny, and the other is "funny."
An atheist goes to heaven—it's Robot Chicken. You know what to expect. "It's so…it's so…uh, what's the word?" "Ironic?" "Yeah, ironic."
An atheist goest to hell—this one is not ironic. It's so earnest, it's painful to watch. It alternates between a couple of swishy dancers frolicking to hackneyed techno, and shots of gargoyles and flames accompanied by screams, all overlaid with scrolling text telling us that "Atheists Will Burn In Hell" and "God Loves Us".
mikethemadbiologist | July 25, 2006400,000 to-be-discarded embryos? The Mad Biologist has a very evil, nefarious, and sinister idea for them:
(photo from here)
They're mine. All mine! I will rule the world galaxy! I will adopt a menacing deep, baritone voice!
It's really hard to take the blastocyst liberationists very seriously...
pharyngula | July 24, 2006Ricky Santorum has us scientists down cold.
Most scientists unfortunately, those that certainly are advocating for this [embryonic stem cell research], and many others feel very little moral compulsion. It's a utilitarian, materialistic view of doing whatever they can do to pursue their desired goals.
So, you see, scientists are amoral, with nothing to hold them back from pursuing their dreams of unbridled, raging power. I'm sure if we asked Li'l Ricky about atheists, he'd turn pale and tell us all kinds of horror stories.
Atheist scientists, of course, are absolutely the worst. Watch out—…
grrlscientist | July 24, 2006Okay, I have one comment about this streaming video, but I will resist the urge to say anything until after you've watched it first (below the fold).
Oh yeah? Well, using that same er, "logic", gawd invented liquor because he wants us all to be raging alcoholics.
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tags: banana, atheism, godlessness, IDiots, religious fanatics, wingnuts
hrynyshyn | July 24, 2006I see no reason why frivilous posts should be restricted to Fridays, especially when the item in question is as funny as the original Trek gang performing Monty Python's sendup of "Knights of the Round Table."
grrlscientist | July 23, 2006
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Police in Germany are hunting pranksters who have been sticking miniature flag portraits of George W. Bush into piles of dog poo in public parks.
"This has been going on for about a year now, and there must be 2,000 to 3,000 piles of excrement that have been claimed during that time," said Josef Oettl, parks administrator for Bayreuth.
The series of incidents was originally thought to be some sort of protest against the US-led invasion of Iraq. But then when it continued, it was thought to be a protest against George W. Bush's campaign for re-election. But it is still going on and the…
clock | July 23, 2006Did you know the origin of the phrase "Every time you masturbate (or do whataver in the context), God kills a kitten"? I just found out that Wikipedia has a full illustrated history - which is hillarious.
oracknows | July 22, 2006It looks as though it's time to 'fess up. It's us surgeons who are the source of all that CO2. Sid Schwab tells us why. (And, no, it's not because of all the hot air we surgeons are capable of producing; we're nothing compared to politicians in that respect.)
scientificactivist | July 21, 2006This post from the archives describes a recent research finding that may be welcome news for some....
(24 May 2006) If you know what I'm talking about, and if you are in fact "cool", then you might also be interested in the findings presented Tuesday by Dr. Donald Tashkin and his coauthors at an American Thoracic Society meeting in San Diego. In short, smoking marijuana does not cause lung cancer:
The smoke from burning marijuana leaves contains several known carcinogens and the tar it creates contains 50 percent more of some of the chemicals linked to lung cancer than tobacco smoke. A…
pharyngula | July 20, 2006
I imagine this might be a problem in mixed marriages, if one partner is one of those wicked militant fundie atheists I hear so much about.
By the way, that link probably isn't safe for work or the easily offended, although the part I found most offensive was the totally fictitious building in the last panel.
grrlscientist | July 20, 2006This streaming video contains lots of interesting comments about the internet and how it functions according to our some of our most enlightened congresscritters. With giant intellects such as these serving the public, it's a wonder that anyone ever decides to run for public office, huh?
(below the fold).
Even though these congresscritters clearly are morons, don't underestimate how dangerous they are. They are trying to restrict our freedom to access information on the internet; they wish to allow service providers such as AT&T, Verizon and Comcast to decide which web sites you can…
pharyngula | July 20, 2006
(And now Jokermage's life is complete. Don't give up, though: seek out new challenges, and continue in your personal growth.)
mikethemadbiologist | July 19, 2006From Boston's Beacon Hill Times:
A resident was robbed at knife-point by an unknown Caucasian male suspect at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 11, near the corner of Hancock and Cambridge streets.
The suspect demanded the victim's wallet, according to police reports. The victim said the suspect offered to pay her back if she told him where she worked. After she handed over her money he asked if she would be able to make ends meet, she said. He then said he was sorry to have to rob her, but that he was having a hard time right now.
He's a better class of scumbag than these guys.
grrlscientist | July 19, 2006... fighting with himself over a bone (below the fold).
Would you want to live with a dog that behaves like this?
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tags: streaming video, dog, animal behavior, humor
pharyngula | July 18, 2006From Under no circumstances, I have discovered Chris's Invincible Super-Blog, which is full of bizarre comic book summaries, giant robots, and now, a ghostly octopus.
I also note that the ghostly octopus is horribly malformed. What is its beak doing there? Aaaaaaaaaah! It's hideous!