Let’s pretend, for just a moment, we can send a letter to the past. And yes, I know this is being posted the day after his birthday, but the Seattle Skeptics et al are celebrating it today. Shall have pictures up from that happy event in the not-too-distant future, but what is future or past …
Category Archive: evolution
Dec 15 2010
Unchaining Ourselves
The Great Chain of Being needs breaking. Brian Switek took bolt cutters to it in a SciAm guest post last week, and my, how the creationists howled. Got so bad that Bora called in the cavalry. Did my duty, registered so I could comment, and laughed my arse off because these silly little nitwits howling …
Nov 29 2010
Why Talking to Idiots Gets You Nowhere
Finally finished this paper that’s been in my tabs for days: “Irreducible Incoherence and Intelligent Design: A Look into the Conceptual Toolbox of a Pseudoscience.” Stumbled across it playing on The Panda’s Thumb, and while it took me forever to read because I’ve had the attention span of a spastic on caffeine pills lately, I …
May 28 2009
Look Who Made the London Times
Yes, my darlings, that’s right: Brian Switek his own self. He’s been doing some incredible work on Ida, putting her in proper perspective and exploring her true significance, and it’s awesome to see him get a prestigious venue from which to dial back the hype and teach folks a little something about how evolution really …
May 21 2009
Evolution in Action
So I’m watching Mythbusters, and they’re doing a myth about a skydiver falling on a seesaw. While gathering data for the experiment, they calculate the terminal velocity of a skydiver wearing a camera suit. For those who have no fucking clue what the difference is between a regular skydiving suit and a camera suit, welcome …
Feb 23 2009
¡Viva los Fósiles!
Ron Britton called, and many have answered. Including uno en español at La Columna de Cristal. Muchas gracias, Gen! And here’s hoping you’ll forgive my atrocious Spanish grammar. Friend of the cantina and official Thinking Brain Dog Cujo359 did his duty. The Gaytheist Agenda not only has the fossils, but the links. Cognitive Dissident has …
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