Movie List
Picked up from Facebook… If I’ve counted correctly, I’ve seen 84 out of the following 232 movie titles. (Counts via
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Notes from a Behe Talk
Lou FCD at After the Bar Closes has posted a set of notes from a Michael Behe talk last evening.
Read moreKirk Durston and Misrepresentation of Avida
Kirk Durston wrote in his “Introduction to Intelligent Design”: Recent computer simulations have failed to generate 32 bits of functional
Read moreOrigins of “Intelligent Design” … Again
The traveling Discovery Institute roadshow featuring a double bill of John West and Casey Luskin got some attention when ERV
Read morePoles of the Conflict Model Are Self-Reinforcing
The conflict model of the relation between science and religion is polar, with doctrinaire religious people at one pole and
Read moreProject Steve by the Numbers
Over on the Panda’s Thumb, there’s a thread about NCSE’s Project Steve hitting the kilosteve mark, that is, the 1000th
Read more200th Anniversaries
Today is the 200th anniversary of the births of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. I’ll be adding things to this
Read moreFlorida: Reliving the Past
State senator Stephen Wise plans to introduce a bill requiring balanced treatment for “intelligent design” whenever evolutionary science is taught
Read moreJosh Rosenau Drops By
Josh Rosenau, Public Information Project Director at the National Center for Science Education and blogger at Thoughts From Kansas, was
Read moreTilting at Windmill (Cookies): Trans Fat Math
Diane and I like certain snacks. But maybe those snacks don’t like us. Take, for example, Voortman Windmill Cookies. They
Read moreDoctor in the House
Jill Biden earned her Ph.D. Ed.D. in 2007 in education. Robin Abcarian, reporter for the Los Angeles Times, must be
Read moreSocial Networking Annoyance at Reunion.com
I signed up at “reunion.com” some time back, and occasionally I get email from them. I went over to the
Read moreBiosonar Turns Waspish
Nature (7228, p.361) had notice of an article in Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (96, 82-102, 2009) that demonstrates
Read moreA Commercial You Won’t Be Seeing
Verizon Wireless has acquired Alltel Wireless. Remember the perky commercials featuring Chad, the personable Alltel Wireless salesman? And the four
Read moreMissing Mike Majerus
Mike Majerus, the Cambridge zoologist and lepidopterist, died overnight between this past Monday and Tuesday. Majerus patiently rebutted both religious
Read moreFuz Rana: Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
An old joke can be recycled… Q. How do you know when a professional antievolution advocate is lying? A. Their
Read moreLinux and Marvell Topdog Wireless
I got a Gateway MT6458 laptop computer back in October of 2007. One of the first things I did was
Read moreBegley and the Grand Conclusion
Sharon Begley had a piece in Newsweek magazine about scientists rethinking positions. Begley is not the retiring sort, apparently: Rare,
Read moreThe 23rd of January Rolls Around
I’m up late, so when it turns early on the 23rd, I’ll post this. On this day in 1960, the
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