Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Clifford Stoll wrote about the Internet in 1995. It’s amusing. He completely disses the whole idea.
Some parts of his rant are correct — he says no CD-ROM will replace a good teacher, which is true. There are aspects of the internet that were oversold, often imposing a computer on human skills inappropriately. But as it’s turned out in the last 20 years, there are some things the computer is really good at, and he missed those.
Turn the volume down before clicking play. Ease into it, especially if you’re over 50 40 30 years old.
Another day, another fabrication. It turns out he wasn’t “showered with rocks” in an LA riot — he just pissed off one guy by acting like an asshole. That’s just every day life for Bill O’Reilly.
This is the latest mania on the internet: a couple of llamas were filmed running free on the streets of Sun City, Arizona.
This is the lounge. You can discuss anything you want, but you will do it kindly.
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Or maybe it’s because they think it needs practice? I’m in Los Angeles. I’m going to be speaking at 11am and 4:30pm in two different places about Bad Biology: How Adaptationist Thinking Corrupts Science. It might piss some people off, which leaves me unperturbed, since I’m right.
So why am I flying off to Los Angeles and leaving my hot date behind?
Oh, well. She can watch this instead.
Oy, it’s an evening for a debate with a creationist. Hey, Matt Dillahunty, would you like to jump on a plane and zip up here to Fargo, North Dakota to take over for me? You’re so much better than I am at this stuff.
Probably not. I just have to brace myself up, I guess. Anyway, it’s going to be packed with Christians — I think the 7th Day Adventists are sponsoring this thing — so any friendly godless faces in the audience will be appreciated. It’s at 7pm, in the Ramada Inn (1635 42nd St S), and the topic is “Is there evidence for a creator or not?”. I’m “not.”
