Christian Creationists are accusing scientists of being defensive, ignorant, reprehensible, and troubling. They might be right.
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Monthly Archives: January 2008
OMG It’s So Cute!
Redmond, Wash.-based Microvision is unveiling a fully functioning, self-contained prototype that should be available as a real product–possibly from Motorola–later this year.Dubbed SHOW, the lensless PicoP projector is designed for home and business use, and uses tiny lasers to shoot a WVGA (848 by 480, roughly DVD resolution) image on virtually any surface that isn’t a dark color or textured. It can even project onto curved and uneven surfaces. From a distance of two feet, it could project a two-foot diagonal, full-color image on a white T-shirt. From five feet away, it could show a five-foot image on, say, a white wall or ceiling.[source]
Isabel Allende: Tales of passion
In one of the most beloved talks from TED2007, novelist Isabel Allende talks about writing, women, passion, feminism. She tells the stories of powerful women she has known, some larger-than-life (listen for a beauty tip from Sophia Loren), and some simply living with grace, dignity and ingenuity in a world that, in too many ways, still treats women unjustly.
“We are Doomed if Huckabee is Elected”
It is interesting to see words like “doomed” and “ruined” in the context of the current election cycle in the US. Many of us had those words in our minds and on our lips during the last two election cycles. I wonder if the rhetoric of doom, which is largely accurate, will be more over this time around. Continue reading “We are Doomed if Huckabee is Elected”
Bill Gates Might Do Better if he Talked to God
To get his annual predictions, I mean. Actually, now that I think about it, talking to god does not work either… Continue reading Bill Gates Might Do Better if he Talked to God
Technology News
Redhat’s New CEO; Hidden gems, and possibly traps, in the Amazon Kindle; Intel is dropping out of One Laptop per Child project. Continue reading Technology News
The Best Analysis I’ve Seen of Iowa
New Open Access Paleontology Journal
Its name is, unfortunately, “Open Paleontology Journal.” Reminds me of the Soviet/Communist Era in Asia, where such a journal might have been named “The People’s Paleontology Journal.”Details are here.
News: britney spears latest, and the Idaho Caucus (or Iowa, or whatever)
It turns out that Huckabee … Continue reading News: britney spears latest, and the Idaho Caucus (or Iowa, or whatever)
Huckabee On Evolution
In the wake of his Iowa victory, Mike Huckabee is doing the news and talk show circuit. Here are his comments this AM on evolution. Continue reading Huckabee On Evolution
Pope Evicts Astronomers
Pope Evicts Astronomers Science is to make way for diplomacy at the Pope’s summer residence, with the dismantling of the astronomical observatory that has been part of Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, for more than 75 years. The Pope needs more room to receive diplomats so the telescopes have to go.
The eviction of the astronomers and their instruments, reported by the Italian daily Corriere della Sera, and their removal to a disused convent a mile away, marks the end of a period of intimacy between popes and priest-astronomers that has lasted well over a century.
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The cat’s out of the bag…
The recent release of the NAS tome on evolution, and how evolution is good and creationist is bad, has been picked up by the religious community. It was only a matter of time before they noticed. Continue reading The cat’s out of the bag…
NAS: Religion and Science are Compatible
The National Academy of Sciences has issued the third version of its book “Science, Evolution and Creationism,” in which it makes an effort to reconcile belief in god with acceptance of evolution. Continue reading NAS: Religion and Science are Compatible
Florida Hearings on Evolution vs. Creationism
An update on the hearings. Continue reading Florida Hearings on Evolution vs. Creationism
Pat Robertson Talked To God Again
Every year around this time, Pat Robertson has a meeting with god, at which god tells Pat stuff about what is going to happen in the future. After several years of this, we now know for certain that god has no idea of, or no control over, what the future brings.