Posted on January 25, 2009 by igetpissed
As The Blog of the Airtightnoodle points out, I spoke too soon. Yes, the Texas board of education did vote to strike the “strength and weaknesses” phrasing from the current science standards, but they are now looking to allow arguments against common descent into the curriculum. Oops! As airtightnoodle explains:
This proposal is completely unscientific and [...]
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Posted on January 21, 2009 by igetpissed
Mr. Comfort has a new site espousing his silly beliefs and complete misunderstanding of atheism, evolution, and rational thought. Check it out, but don’t laugh too hard, you might hurt yourself.
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Posted on January 11, 2009 by igetpissed
Nature magazine has released a PDF of 15 evolutionary gems that should give that someone some basic information on where we are with evolution. Also, at The Rogues Gallery, Steven Novella, rhapsodizes on this nice PDF from nature as well:
There are so many slam-dunks for evolution that I have not been able to shake the [...]
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Posted on January 2, 2009 by igetpissed
After all, it’s hard to stir passion about the scientific validity of evolution without first captivating minds and imaginations. And this is a fine place to start.
via 12 Elegant Examples of Evolution | Wired Science from Wired.com.
H/T to Skepchick for this. And I totally agree. Once people understand the real validity and coolness of evolution [...]
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Posted on December 13, 2008 by igetpissed