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PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
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Reality is a curve. That's not the problem. The problem is that there isn't as much as there should be. According to some of the more mystical texts in the stacks of the library of Unseen University - (…) - at least nine-tenths of all the original reality ever created lies outside the multiverse, and since the multiverse by definition includes absolutely everything that is anything, this puts a bit of a strain on things.
(Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures)
Category: Equality
You've probably heard this story many times before: there's some kind of glass ceiling in the world of science and math that hinders women's ability to progress. The latest data confirms that something is going wrong. The United States ranks...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:32 AM • 33 Comments •
Category: Creationism
This video has been going around — it's a group of women talking about the importance of evolution to the biological sciences. I confess to cringing in a few places — there's too much ready equation of evolution with natural...
Posted by PZ Myers at 1:55 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Equality
In this TED video, Philip Zimbardo talks about an ongoing concern, the opting out of boys from academically and socially — boys are more likely to drop out of school, girls outperform boys at all academic levels, boys are...
Posted by PZ Myers at 7:38 AM • 30 Comments •
Category: Equality
Or is it? I've just been introduced to the work of Tim Wise, and it's fabulous stuff: all about how we view race through the distorting lenses of denial and privilege and class. He's a terrific speaker, I guarantee you...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:38 AM • 39 Comments •
Category: Creationism
I cringed reading this woman's lament that evolutionary biology is responsible for the oppression of women, starting with Darwin. It's one long colossal failure of logic. The argument has some genuinely true facts embedded in it, which then get spun...
Posted by PZ Myers at 2:04 PM • 27 Comments •
Category: Equality
There's nothing wrong about being pretty, or sexy, or shopping, or being interested in traditionally girly things—but there is a big problem when that's the only option you're given. I know I'd be stressed if I were constantly told I'm...
Posted by PZ Myers at 12:46 PM • 35 Comments •
Category: Equality
Remember when Facebook started censoring the pages of breastfeeding women? They were removing photos that showed…nipple. It was a violation of the TOS! If they didn't hold the line on nudity, they were on a slippery slope to open...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:57 AM • 27 Comments •
Category: Equality
There is a severe and disturbing disconnect in the minds of the fanatics behind the animal rights groups. First there's NIO, harassing and threatening students. Now look at what PETA is up to: they plan to launch a porn site...
Posted by PZ Myers at 5:52 PM • 54 Comments •
Category: Equality
We're finally rid of Jerry Lewis and his smarmy, condescending sponsorship of a telethon for muscular dystrophy. I think he meant well, but he had the wrong ideas: this article celebrating his absence makes a significant point. There are many...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:44 AM • 15 Comments •
Category: Equality
I'm glad I've got one, and I'm so proud that my worth is enhanced by my testicles, as this report from Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce shows. The findings are stark: Women earn less at all degree...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:50 AM • 427 Comments •
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Starts With a Bang! 04.27.2012
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