Courtesy of the GOP: Republican Oath I’m a Republican Because… I BELIEVE the strength of our nation lies with the individual and that each person’s dignity, freedom, ability and responsibility must be honored. Unless, of course, the freedom in question involves marijuana. And dying with dignity is right out. Also, terrorism trumps people’s dignity and freedom. And don’t get […]
Watch out for the Lofty Grandiose Abstract Concept Restoration Act.
Pat Robertson has apologized for calling for the assassination of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez. Earlier, he had said that his comment had been taken out of context, and that “take him out” didn’t necessarily mean “assassinate.” However, he also said “If he thinks we’re trying to assassinate him, I think we really ought to go ahead […]
I hope you like the new look. The default Wordpress theme is fine, but I wanted something that could be resized, so I hammered the default/Kubrick theme into something I liked. The theme can be downloaded here. Please let me know if you like it.
PZ Meyeyers provides the most succinct refutation of Pascal’s Wager that I’ve seen: Suppose I had a million dollars. Then I would be rich! Therefore, I have a million dollars. I suppose a better parallel would run something like: If I think I’m rich, and I really am rich, then I get lots of good stuff. If I think […]
In Uncommon Descent, Bill Dembski criticizes Steven Pinker’s evolutionary explanation of goosebumps as “fluffing up long-gone fur”, then attempts to give an ID explanation: What about the intelligent design of goose bumps? I’m perfectly happy to consider them a quirk that results from evolution working in tandem with design. But let’s say we had to come […]
In our last episode, our heroes saw that just by taking lots of steps in random directions, you could wind up arbitrarily far from where you started. This time, we’ll take a look at what it means for population genetics and evolution. As we’ve all learned, evolution is “allele frequency change in a population over generations”. […]
Oh, this is just too precious. The April 2005 issue of Scientific American included an editorial entitled “Okay, We Give Up” and subtitled, “We feel so ashamed”. The editors said they were contrite for ignoring creationism and ID, simply because there’s no evidence for either one. That’s what makes ID a superior scientific theory: it doesn’t get […]
I’ve started putting together a list of questions about Intelligent Design that ID proponents have yet to answer, as far as I know. Some of these questions are fairly basic, such as “what is the scientific theory of Intelligent Design?”, “Who is the designer?”, and “What is the lesson plan for teaching ID?” If IDists can’t […]
Kung Fu Monkey explains why George Bush’s endorsement of Intelligent Design is a crock, and why it matters. A lot. Includes the best characterisation of ID ever: Intelligent Design, or as it’s more commonly known: “Creationism Trying to Look Serious By, Say, Squinting — Like Denise Richards Playing the Nuclear Weapons Expert In That Bond Movie“. I’m jealous. […]
