Daily Archives: July 16, 2010

Dissing BP, a Bora Interview, and a Blog Carnival Request

Jennifer L. Jacquet has been investigating the results of unfettered “drill baby drill” environmentalism, and in the process came across this impressive collection of tee-shirts that say something about the BP oil spill. For the most part, they are not pro BP.

Bora of A Blog Around the Clock interviews Anne Frances Johnson, in his continuing series of Science Online 2010 interviews.

And finally, science bloggers take note: Scientia Pro Publica Needs Your Writing!

The Leak has Temporarily Stopped, Stock Market Grins Stupidly

Apparently, BP’s well cap on Deepwater Horizon is holding, as the closure of the well cap plays a role in testing the device itself. The cap will stay closed for only a short time, then oil will be allowed to flow to surface ships again while relief wells are drilled into the deposit. One of the relief wells is currently a very short distance (several meters) from the shaft of the main boring.

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Religion has a major conflict with science, but does this conflict also exist within the sciences?

…. because your proof of your god is falsified by science. But that is not a problem that science has. It is a problem that you have. It is also not a problem that the Secular Public School System in the US has. Unless you make it so.

This explored in a recent iNewp piece:

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