Are there people in your life whose skepticism switch seems to be jammed in reverse?
Take evolution, for example. The evidence is nothing if not completely overwhelming. We have libraries full of peer-reviewed scientific papers and museums full of a supporting fossil record. The explanatory power of evolution – which, as a scientific theory, is its [...]
Does the APS now question global warming? Not really, but you wouldn't know it by what you read on the right
The right wing blogosphere has been all atwitter the past couple of days over a blog post by Michael Asher at DailyTech alleging that the American Physical Society (APS) had reversed its previous position that [...]
It certainly feels like fate when all of above have woven themselves together in my mind recently. That is how our pattern seeking minds work. I will talk more on personal relationships next week. I want to get these ideas into our zeitgeist while they are fresh.
Let’s start with crazy stuff. [...]