Is PZ Myers over the top? Is Phil Plait too nice? Is Chris Mooney right about framing? If I meet a Creationist, should I throw a fossil over his head?
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Monthly Archives: August 2010
PZ is struck down, temporarily
If you haven’t seen it, please check out this bit of dark comedy from PZ, who reveals that he will be undergoing unspecified probing and surgery. Medical science will be having its way with him over the next few days.
Go wish him well!
Name that organism
And now it is time for a new edition of Name that Organism. Each of the following photos was taken at Itasca State Park, except one. Extra points for naming which photo was not taken in the park.
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Photos from Itasca
As you know, we just spent a few days at Itasca (see this for the meaning of the word “Itasca”) where we saw some interesting wildlife. I thought I ‘d share a few photos of the trip.
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Danielle
This has been a very quiet hurricane season considering that it was predicted to be active and intense. The fourth named storm is only now developing in the Atlantic, and it is a hurricane named Danielle.
Pamela Gay and Fraser Cain will host Star Party
September 2nd, in Atlanta, honoring Jeff Medkeff and run by the Atlanta Skeptics. Details here.
I and the Bird 132
is HERE at Great Auk
“Inside Creationism’s Trojan Horse”
Wanted
Wanted: All toolbars that can be on top should also be able to be on bottom or side, in any software, any system, anywhere, and function properly while there.
See the whole “WANTED” list here.
We Walk Among Ducks in Wolves Clothing. And Wolves.
This is the most challenging time of year for duck watching. But it may be easier than one thinks to bump into a wolf in the forest.
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PowerPoint is Evil
…. Particularly disturbing is the adoption of the PowerPoint cognitive style in our schools. Rather than learning to write a report using sentences, children are being taught how to formulate client pitches and infomercials. Elementary school PowerPoint exercises (as seen in teacher guides and in student work posted on the Internet) typically consist of 10 to 20 words and a piece of clip art on each slide in a presentation of three to six slides -a total of perhaps 80 words (15 seconds of silent reading) for a week of work. Students would be better off if the schools simply closed down on those days and everyone went to the Exploratorium or wrote an illustrated essay explaining something. …
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McLean vs. Arkansas 20 Years Later: Part I
What would Darwin say to Creationists?
I was thinking something like “Imma let you finish being stupid and all, but first I want to review the preponderance of evidence for evolution. But you may also like to see Genie Scott’s take on it:
Can you help identify this bird?
This bird was spotted eating a small bird in the Hyde Park area of Chicago. What is it?
Chronicle Breaks Hauser Details
The heretofore unknown events that led to an investigation of Dr. Marc Hauser of Harvard University, which led to a recently completed investigation of Hauser’s scientific conduct.
You cann read the article here. I hope you can access that document (it may be fully or partly behind a firewall). At the moment, I’m out in the middle of the forest so I can’t summarize it for you, but let me know if it is not generally viewable and I’ll rectify that later assuming I am not eaten by bears.