Posted on May 22, 2008 by Matt
Sometimes I simply like to post science related news stories which are interesting. This brief story is simply about how, universally speaking, unremarkable the Sun is. It also has an interesting link to the Theory of Evolution in that the Sun is the major source of the energy for Earth and since the Sun has [...]
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Posted on May 11, 2008 by Matt
The intellectual dishonesty of many (if not most) Intelligent Design Proponents seems to be massive indeed. Thanks to this blog entry, it seems I have come across yet another one; James Perloff. So who is James Perloff? Good question since I’ve never run into his writings before. It seems that he is most famous for [...]
Filed under: Atheism, Evolution, News, Religion, Reviews | Tagged: Ben Stein, Creationism, Expelled, Intelligent Design, James Perloff | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 10, 2008 by Matt
Some people have been put on record on saying such things as even moderate religious beliefs are dangerous. Not only because they provide a foundation and support for more radical (and insane) beliefs but also that they provide a mechanism so the gullible and uneducated can be so easily led astray from simple common sense. [...]
Filed under: Atheism, Crime, News, Religion | Tagged: Insanity, Madison, Middlesworth, Milwaukee, stupidity | 34 Comments »
Posted on May 9, 2008 by Matt
It seems pretty clear that Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed and those behind it have been a rather dishonest lot for various reasons. These reasons have been gone over in this blog and many others and the evidence for this claim seems pretty conclusive. Now one more person has thrown his hat into the proverbial ring, [...]
Filed under: Atheism, Evolution, News, Religion | Tagged: Intelligent Design, Science, Expelled, Ben Stein, Creationism, Biology, Ken Miller | 18 Comments »
Posted on May 8, 2008 by Matt
Often the case of the Platypus is an example brought up by Creationists as a case of something the Theory of Evolution is unable to explain. Of course, they were wrong then and it seems that some further research has shown them to be even more wrong (if that is possible). The following is the [...]
Filed under: Australia, Evolution, News, Technology | Tagged: Science, Genome, Platypus | 14 Comments »
Posted on May 6, 2008 by Matt
Wizardry. As defined by a dictionary; “the art, skill, or accomplishments of a wizard”. So to practice wizardry, you really have to be a Wizard. Mildly interesting but not at all surprising. What is surprising how incredibly backward, ignorant and generally daft the administrators of a Pasco County (that’s in Florida) [...]
Filed under: Atheism, Education, News, Religion | Tagged: stupidity, discrimination, Florida, Wizardry, Teachers, Pasco County | 4 Comments »
Posted on May 1, 2008 by Matt
Just a quick item but it is still worthy of note. Go and check out The Frame Problem for a little something called The CarnivUL of The fraudless: exposing the CULT. It is a rather fascinating look at the whole Anonymous vs Scientology affair and just what a pack of bastards Scientology often [...]
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