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Skeptic Zone Podcast: "Darwin's Bulldogs" Panel from Dragon*Con1 comment

mattusmaximus wrote 3 weeks ago: I wanted to pass along the audio of a panel discussion I moderated at Dragon*Con this past Labor Day … more →

Tags: Creationism, Education, Skeptical Community, Evolution, Skeptic, NCSE, Podcast, Dragon-Con, dragoncon

What is a kilosteve? Buy the t-shirt, find out1 comment

Ed Darrell wrote 1 month ago: You can get your kilosteve t-shirt here. Why would you want one? Every scientist named Steve should … more →

Tags: Evolution, History, Science, Texas Citizens for Science, Education, NCSE, Project Steve, Stephen J. Gould

Should I Be Nervous?

COSI wrote 1 month ago: It has become an annual event now for us to host with WOSU and OSU the partnership effort that bring … more →

Tags: COSI, Science, Columbus, OSU, WOSU, Ohio, npr, museum, templeton

Jason Rosenhouse on ways of knowing50 comments

whyevolutionistrue wrote 2 months ago: Over at EvolutionBlog, Jason Rosenhouse analyzes the claim of Joshua Rosenau (don’t get these … more →

Tags: accommodationism

A Challenge to Skeptics: Pithy, Non-Offensive Sound Bytes in Response to Creationism?2 comments

mattusmaximus wrote 2 months ago: This will be a quick post, one which I hope garners a lot of attention because it addresses an impor … more →

Tags: Creationism, Education, Skeptical Community, Creationist, DC, Dragon-Con, dragoncon, Eugenie Scott, Evolution

Skepticism & Science at Dragon*Con 20095 comments

mattusmaximus wrote 2 months ago: Well, I’m starting to wind down here at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, which I have basically conclude … more →

Tags: Skeptical Community, Fantasy, Evolution, Skepticism, Paranormal, Creationism, LHC, Large-Hadron-Collider, Ben Radford

Project Steve Tops 1100 Signatures!

mattusmaximus wrote 3 months ago: Our friends at the National Center for Science Education have topped 1100 signatures to their Steve- … more →

Tags: Creationism, Evolution, intelligent design, id, Discovery Institute, Wedge Document, Religion, Theocracy, fundamentalist

Evolution in U.S. Public Schools: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back4 comments

mattusmaximus wrote 3 months ago: I got an update about the current state of the teaching of evolution in U.S. public schools recently … more →

Tags: Education, Evolution, Politics, Creationism, intelligent design, id, Wedge Document, textbooks, Board of Education

Rad People: Ichthyologists5 comments

blognametk wrote 4 months ago: In preparation for the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week (starting August 2, 2009), which is pret … more →

Tags: Radness, Science, aquatic vertebrates, blind goby, Carl H. Eigenmann, Carl Leavitt Hubbs, David Starr Jordan, Eugenie C. Scott, Eugenie Clark

Quote of the week33 comments

whyevolutionistrue wrote 5 months ago: From Peter M. J. Hess, Catholic theologian and director of the “Faith Project” of the Na … more →

Tags: Peter M. J. Hess, Chris Mooney

Skepticism: Going out of business?17 comments

skepbitch wrote 7 months ago: After 13 years of service, I resigned from the Australian Skeptics a few weeks ago. Those who know m … more →

Tags: Skepticism, Critical Thinking, Eugenie Scott, Evolution, Sylvia Browne, Uri Geller

Evolution and the History of Science in the Fight for Texas Science Standards

metousiosis wrote 7 months ago: In March 2009, the National Center for Science Education participated in a debate regarding the stan … more →

Tags: Religion, Science, Politics, Evolution, Education, NCSE, Texas, science standards, TextBook

Truckling to the Faithful: A Spoonful of Jesus Helps Darwin Go Down104 comments

whyevolutionistrue wrote 7 months ago: For if we ever begin to suppress our search to understand nature, to quench our own intellectual exc … more →

Tags: Articles, Intelligent Design Creationism Watch, Religion, Kenneth Miller, RIchard Dawkins, Eugenie Scott, Michael Ruse, Simon conway Morris, john polkinghorne

A (slightly embarassing) Darwin day at USC1 comment

Troy Britain wrote 7 months ago: This past Wednesday (4-15-09) I attended an interesting set of ‘Darwin Year’ lectures at … more →

Tags: Science, Evolution & Science, Personal, History of Science, Education, NCSE, Eugenie Scott, Donald Johanson, usc

Implications from Texas5 comments

mattusmaximus wrote 7 months ago: Well, now that the dust seems to have settled in the latest round of what I’m calling the Texa … more →

Tags: Creationism, Education, Politics, Science, Evolution, Biology, Scientific Creationism, intelligent design, id

Evolution Poll Designed to Please...Evolutionists

Lisa A. Shiel wrote 7 months ago: Pollsters asked, “Do you think the scientific theory of evolution is well supported by evidenc … more →

Tags: Lisa's comments, evolution poll, Larry Moran, trouble with statistics

Texas Steps Backward on Science Standards

ProfessorTreeFrog wrote 7 months ago: This week the Texas State Board of Education voted to place a fudgy ’strengths and weaknesses … more →

Tags: Politics, Science, News, Evolution, Education, Texas, Creationism, textbooks, science standards

WEIT review: Kevin Padian sucks me back into into the religion/science quagmire40 comments

whyevolutionistrue wrote 8 months ago: Kevin Padian, a paleontologist at the University of California at Berkeley, has done pathbreaking wo … more →

Tags: News, Reviews, Neil Shubin, Eugenie Scott, Tiktaalik, Kevin Padian, alan jones

More on Texas: Good guys winning, but it's dicey4 comments

whyevolutionistrue wrote 8 months ago: According to the Dallas News and the NCSE report (and noted by Genie Scott yesterday), the Texas Boa … more →

Tags: News, Intelligent Design Creationism Watch, Eugenie Scott, Texas, Don McLeroy


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