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I'm willing to bet that when we finally discover the root causes for most sexual problems facing people today, that Christianity will top the list.
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November 30, 2009
Category: Organisms
But I can't find any videos of squid looking cute when startled, so we have to settle for kitty cats. I think if you tried the same thing with a squid, it would spread its arms wide all right…and then...
Posted by PZ Myers at 5:44 PM • 109 Comments •
Category: Kooks
Several people have notified me of this amusing editorial by the editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette, which compares me to a diseased pig and insists on addressing me as "Little Paul" throughout. It's poorly written and mostly pointless (well,...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:24 PM • 187 Comments •
Category: History
The Royal Society of London is releasing free pdfs of some of its best-known papers — and we're talking real classics. Check out their timeline which lets you scan for papers in chronological order; the oldest are a pair for...
Posted by PZ Myers at 12:22 PM • 75 Comments •
Category: Politics
Hang on here—the same wingnuts who are up in arms about the University of Minnesota proposing to screen out bigots from teaching are proposing an ideological litmus test for their own party? Ten members of the Republican National Committee are...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:57 AM • 157 Comments •
Category: Science
I'm going to be opening my mouth again on Thursday in Minneapolis — I'll be giving a talk in MCB 3-120 on the Minneapolis campus at 7:30 on Thursday, 3 December. This will be open to the public, and it...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:03 AM • 21 Comments •
Category: Kooks
I am deeply, horribly ashamed. On the principle that one's reputation is known by the quality of one's enemies…I have the pathetic Bryan Appleyard acting as if he is my nemesis. You know a post is worthless when it begins...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:39 AM • 105 Comments •
Category: Organisms
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:25 AM • 48 Comments •
November 29, 2009
Category: Pointless polls
Those kooky climate change denialists are at it again — we've been beaten to the poll-skewing punch on this one, a site that is collecting votes to use in demanding a strong response by the government to the challenges of...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:26 PM • 264 Comments •
Category: Godlessness
Got a few hours to spare? Here's another recent debate, this time between Dennett, Harris, and Hitchens vs. Boteach, D'Souza, and Taleb in Mexico, with Robert Wright stuck in the middle. The sound quality is OK, but very low…so crank...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:20 PM • 521 Comments •
Category: Evil
Uganda's solution is rather shocking: throw any gay people into prison for life, and execute any who are HIV-positive. Don't blame it on those 'primitive' Africans, though: I can think of a few loud Americans who would find that a...
Posted by PZ Myers at 5:15 PM • 171 Comments •
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