I don’t get many creationists around here. Even fewer that stick around and strike up a discussion with me. However, there’s one in the comments here.
I point this out for a couple of reasons. The first is that not all creationists are created equal. I had one here a few years ago who debated with […]

Well, I went and saw Expelled. I was not impressed.
The first thing that wasn’t impressive was the fact that the theater had the reels out of order. The first two reels were swapped, so there were no opening credits until a third of the way through the movie (right before they mocked panspermia). That’s not […]

I’ve been debating whether I should go see this or not, since it’s playing here in town. On the one hand, I’ve read about its claims elsewhere and I don’t want to contribute to an incoherent anti-evolution movie. On the other, I’ll feel better about criticizing it if I actually go see it.
In any event, […]

So now both Obama and Clinton are pandering to the anti-vaccine crowd, just like McCain.
Obama is the least worst here, though not by much. McCain says there’s strong evidence a preservative in the vaccines is causing autism. This is obviously and dangerously wrong. Clinton’s answers to the questionnaire indicate she is going to work to […]

As I said a couple posts ago, I’m nothing if not current. I find it curious how often global warming deniers equate belief in human caused climate change with faith. This post from one of Montana’s newer conservative blogs (and so far, what appears to be one of our better ones) is a good example. […]

That’s right, Earth is 6,011 years old as of two days ago.
I heard Roger Koopman threw a big party around here, but my invitation must have been lost in the mail.

If you caught that spinning silhouette optical illusion thing today, I suggest checking out this post about the significance of what you see.

1. Greatest award ever? The Ig Nobel for linguistics for this year:

Linguistics - A University of Barcelona team for showing that rats are unable to tell the difference between a person speaking Japanese backwards and somebody speaking Dutch backwards.
2. James Randi has challenged the reviewer of a pair of $7,250 audio cables to prove […]

What would you say about drawing a parallel between God and imaginary numbers? I can’t really think of anything to say. Read about it here.

I’ve argued here and other places for the reality of anthropogenic global warming. I don’t do it a lot, mainly because it doesn’t seem to do any good.
It’s pretty obvious that the debate has become a political debate. This isn’t something recent and I don’t mean that in the trivial sense that the idea is […]