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Fri, Mar. 21st, 2008, 06:22 am
Pseudo-science, censorship, and incompetence
Expelled!. Also see the follow-up.
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As my mother used to nag us: Don't do a half-way job!
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As my mother used to nag us: Don't do a half-way job!
Thu, Jan. 31st, 2008, 11:30 am
Mixed Nuts
Two recent incidents at Midwestern universities, actually quite similar IMHO:
From If you reject a teaching job applicant because he believes a crazy conspiracy theory...:
From If you reject a teaching job applicant because he believes a crazy conspiracy theory...:
[....] the University of Wisconsin has not rehired 9/11 conspiracy believer Kevin Barrett to teach a course on the history of Islam. [...] if we know a person believes something truly nutty, are we not entitled to use that as evidence of his intelligence, judgment, and trustworthiness?From Silly creationists, Universities are for scientists:
....Iowa State University denied tenure to astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez. As it happens, Gonzalez is an advocate of Intelligent Design, which has been legally ruled to be not only religion, but actually just warmed-over creationism.I believe both Universities acted correctly.
Wed, Dec. 26th, 2007, 04:09 pm
Crossing off another one
Just in case you thought Ron Paul wasn’t so bad
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cynicalFri, Dec. 21st, 2007, 09:29 am
The Raw Food Movement will not like this....
....But Tony Bourdain will be pleased.
Evolving Bigger Brains through Cooking: A Q&A with Richard Wrangham, Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, and this Scientific American article.
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Evolving Bigger Brains through Cooking: A Q&A with Richard Wrangham, Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University's Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, and this Scientific American article.
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Fri, Jun. 8th, 2007, 05:56 pm
Creationist Museum hires the old Adam
Mon, May. 7th, 2007, 09:36 am
Politicians and Science
6000 years of Republican debates. Is there anybody around who can channel H.L. Mencken???
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cynicalFri, Mar. 9th, 2007, 10:34 am
Politicians and Astronomy
More on geocentrism linked to a note at Talking Points Memo. There Joshua Micah Marshall laments that Molly Ivins is no longer around to write about the story. Personally, I would like to see H.L. Mencken's comments.
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cynicalThu, Feb. 22nd, 2007, 09:10 pm
Like us in yet another way
For First Time, Chimps Seen Making Weapons for Hunting. Via Slashdot.
I am remembering the opening scenes of 2001: A Space Odyssey.