Two years ago, the S.C. state school board introduced creationist-friendly language into its science standards, mainly on the urging of Republican State Senator Mike Fair. This was part of the Wedge Strategy, and involved including language to “critically analyze” evolutionary theory. They were highly criticised at the time. Continue reading South Carolina Board of Education Considers Creationism
Daily Archives: December 22, 2007
Bush Declares War on the Zombies
Race is a social construct and a self fulfilling prophecy all wrapped up together
Gene Expression has the second in a pair of posts on race that is worth a close look. In Why phenotypic races may not disappear, G.E. speaks of the particulate nature of inheritance in relation to culturally defined racial types (that are in turn based on appearance). Continue reading Race is a social construct and a self fulfilling prophecy all wrapped up together
Holiday Shopping Tip #5
Actual Giant Robot Spider Continue reading Holiday Shopping Tip #5
Ron Paul: Evolution Does Not Matter … and that makes his supporters smile!
[Hat Tip: One Good Move, and Thanks Brent!]
The Sky is Falling
On Mars (they do have a sky there, right?)
The planet Mars may be in for a collision from an asteroid headed its way. Scientists from NASA have been tracking the 160-foot-wide asteroid for some time now, and say the odds of it hitting the Red Planet are about 1 in 75. Back in 1908, Earth was hit by a similar asteroid, near Tunguska, Siberia. That impact flattened millions of trees and is thought to have left a crater that is now a lake.
One of the greatest minds of our day
The Year in ID …
I generally dislike year end reviews … they make me nervous somehow. But this is one I truly enjoyed and strongly recommend: Continue reading The Year in ID …
More Wiki Woes
Felon Became COO of Wikipedia Foundation from PhysOrg.com
(AP) — The foundation that runs and accepts donations for – the online encyclopedia Wikipedia neglected to do a basic background check before hiring a chief operating officer who had been convicted of theft, drunken driving and fleeing a car accident.[…]