I swear, it’s the same oblivious stupidity, just expressed in a different domain, and I deal with enough inanity trying to cope with creationionism — I should probably avoid this stuff lest I suffer an overdose. But Manboobz hurts me again, and I can’t turn my eyes away. This is a real revelation about how …
Monthly Archive: October 2011
Oct 25 2011
Grace under pressure
The BBC is running an interview with Dame Jocelyn Bell-Burnell, and it’s very good. Bell-Burnell is the woman who discovered pulsars, and until I heard this interview, I hadn’t realized how it was done. Yeah, there weren’t computers available so the reams of data came out on strip chart – paper chart – and the …
Oct 25 2011
If ever I write a children’s book…
At least the cover is done. I think I’d insist on renaming it The Call of Cthulwho, though.
Oct 25 2011
Why I am an atheist – Robert Light
I’m an atheist because I was born that way. My parents were not church-goers, but I was christened in the local Church of England, because that’s what my family did. My mother, in particular, was quite happy for me to be given enough information about the church to “make up my own mind”. When I …
Oct 24 2011
Oh, no…a costume?
Crap. I’m leaving for New Orleans and CSIcon in a few days, and they keep telling me about this costume party. I’m sufficiently funny-looking that I’ve never had much need for a costume. I need suggestions. Something fast, easy, and not too embarrassing, and also easy to transport (no way am I going the elaborate …
Oct 24 2011
Stand for Science: Confront Homeopathy
Aww, the students of Campus Atheists, Skeptics, and Humanists have warmed the frigid, friable cockles of my black heart. They’re having a protest of homeopathy on the Twin Cities campus this Friday! They’re hosting a lecture debunking that nonsense, and are planning to poison themselves with homeopathic dilutions. Take that, Center for Spirituality and Healing! …
Oct 24 2011
What have my students been thinking about lately?
I gave them an exam, that’s what. That and long boring lecturings at 8am on pattern formation in the nervous system. But otherwise, I’ve had them blogging, so we can take a peek into the brain of a typical college student and see what actually engages them. Neural stem cells. Zeta inhibitory peptide. Aquaporin. Time …
Oct 24 2011
shhh…it’s supposed to be a secwet
As you may know, Rebecca Watson has been getting a lot of rather nasty flak tossed her way — the kind of over-the-top hatred I thought we were reserving for…oh, wait, no one. A couple of people are organizing a little surprise (which is why they asked me to post this on an obscure blog …
Oct 24 2011
Why I am an atheist – Kristen G
When I was 13 years old and still interested in being a good Presbyterian, I came across a few issues with my Bible that no one was willing to discuss with me. I kept finding lines telling me that I was inferior to men, that I should submit to their instructions and desires, that I …
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