Eric Hovind is offering an online biology course. He has no qualifications in the subject, is demonstrably ignorant of biology, and the online materials look pathetic. Here’s his promotional video, in which we learn that teaching biology somehow involves popping balloons with a blow gun and learning how to cook crack cocaine.
I’m not a big fan of clickbaity ol’ Buzzfeed, but my impression has gone up slightly at their response to this question.
Check the schedule, we start up again at 9am Central with a session on ex-Muslims, by ex-Muslims, with a long informative day to follow. And if you missed last night’s sessions, remember: they’re all on youtube right now to be watched at your convenience.
Just yesterday, Japanese fishermen caught a 6m long giant squid, and it lived for a few hours before expiring. Here’s a video of the rare beastie swimming about, with shots of the tragic corpse afterwards.
Get your popcorn ready, and head on over to the schedule: FtBCon begins in a half hour.
If this stuff were in a fantasy movie, you’d snort and say that’s all impossibly unrealistic.
(via The Mary Sue)
Peter Reilly has really been hammering Kent Hovind on his tax issues on Forbes, and now he’s done an interview with him. It’s bizarre. Hovind doesn’t seem to be able to answer any question simply — he always goes flying off on some tangent that gives him an excuse to quote the Bible.
I’ve been failing to press the air out of the tip to make room for my toes, and I haven’t been tying a knot in them after I take them off.
I’ve been puttering away on my talk for CFI LA on 15 February — it’s all about how bad adapationist thinking corrupts good science. This is going to be easy, because examples just keep falling into my lap, all the time. Here’s one from just yesterday.
We’re taking advantage of the Pharyngula IRC chat room to provide a venue for free-flowing discussion of FtBCon panels this weekend — it’s a bit faster and more interactive than just leaving comments on YouTube videos (which is a bit like throwing jewels into a cesspit, anyway). But I should let you know that the IRC channel does have a Code of Conduct, and a large number of moderators to enforce it. Read and obey.
