Pharyngula covers the hilarious but wholly unsurprising fact that Ray “Bananaman” Comfort’s gambit against Darwin’s 150th anniversary is one big failure, all because of Comfort’s own moral failings. The copy-&-paste creationist is a familiar figure in internet debates — they don’t have an original idea in their head, but they know how to copy some …
Daily Archive: November 4, 2009
Nov 04 2009
Safeway sacrilege
If only this wasn’t totally in earnest. Because we all know Jesus was all about capitalism. Hat tip to Fail Blog, naturally!
Nov 04 2009
Spin it up, and let’s cross the streams!
The LHC is back in business, baby, and Cosmic Variance covers its shakedown. This past weekend saw the first beam particles in the LHC since the magnet quench incident of September 2008. Protons and lead ions were threaded in two directions around part of the ring before being dumped, and everything worked without a hitch. …
Nov 04 2009
Deepities
Dan Dennett at AAI 2009. Another great talk, about science and religion. I’m going to have to make an effort to attend one of these years.










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