Monthly Archives: June 2006

First Anniversary

Posted on June 29, 2006 by arensb

Today marks the first anniversary of this weblog. Yay!

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George III vs. George W.

Posted on June 26, 2006 by arensb

If you’re like most Americans, you probably haven’t read the Declaration of Independence in a while, if ever, so you may have forgotten that it includes a whole laundry list of complaints about king George III of England. It might … Continue reading →

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Why Science Matters

Posted on June 23, 2006 by arensb

At my last job, my commute was about an hour each way, on a typical day. At times I would amuse myself by trying to figure out how much time I could save if I drove at 70, 75, 80, … Continue reading →

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A Statistical Approach to Deranged Creationist Liars

Posted on June 21, 2006 by arensb

Over at the Bad Astronomy weblog, Blake Stacey wrote the following, which is reproduced here with permission: Come on, we’re scientists, right? How about we break out the mathematics. Just for kicks, I’m gonna model Coulter as a Bernoulli process!

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Rapprochement

Posted on June 20, 2006 by arensb

PZ Myers praises the Episcopalians for their choice of new presiding bishop. Congratulations, Dr Jefferts Schori! While I’m not about to join a church, you do exhibit the kind of sensible perspective on the real world I’d like to see … Continue reading →

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Sexcrimethink

Posted on June 12, 2006 by arensb

Fundies turn sex into something shameful as a way to control people. Continue reading →

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Now She’s Just Making Shit Up

Posted on June 11, 2006 by arensb

Okay, I know she’s been making shit up all along, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite this far out in left field: In fact, students are actually required to wear “Creationism Is Shameful” T-shirts in Dover, Pa. … Continue reading →

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DaveScot Scores an Own Goal

Posted on June 11, 2006 by arensb

Over at chez Dembski, the craniorectally inverted DaveScott writes As I’ve said many times before, there is only one prop still holding up the NDE [Neo-Darwinian Evolution] narrative and that is the establishment clause of the 1st amendment. So… isn’t … Continue reading →

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Hypothetical Question for Fundies

Posted on June 10, 2006 by arensb

Let’s say someone develops a reliable test to see whether an embryo is gay[1]. Would you allow abortion in cases of likely gayness? Variant: what if it turns out that this test can only give meaningful results in the second … Continue reading →

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Art of Science

Posted on June 8, 2006 by arensb

The winners of the 2006 Princeton Art of Science competition are online. Go look! Pretty pictures!

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