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There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.
[George Bernard Shaw]
May 31, 2011
It's always a surprise. I'm lounging in St Paul with an iced tea, browsing the City Pages, the news and arts weekly, and after reading a good article about the recent pharmaceutical debacle with levaquin, I turn the page, and...
Posted by PZ Myers at 5:04 PM • 51 Comments •
Category: Godlessness
In the last episode of our competition to raise money for Camp Quest, I had elegantly and cunningly turned the tables on Team Beat PZ: after trouncing them thoroughly in all fundraising efforts, I had maneuvered them into desperately offering...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:29 AM • 66 Comments •
Category: Personal
Hey, I've got a few days free at the tag end of my trip to Ireland and the UK. Would it be a good idea to pop in to visit the Cheltenham Science Festival? Is it easy to get to,...
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:44 AM • 54 Comments •
Category: Skepticism
I'm jealous. Jen McCreight is on the Savage Love podcast. She chews him out for a lack of skepticism, too....
Posted by PZ Myers at 10:26 AM • 13 Comments •
Category: Religion
John Loftus criticizes the Courtier's Reply. How dare he? I thought it was Holy Atheist Writ by now. But the Courtier's Reply as an answer for theology needs to be discussed critically. First off, I do not expect anyone to...
Posted by PZ Myers at 8:07 AM • 300 Comments •
May 30, 2011
Category: Creationism
Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy. This is wonderful news, happy happy joy joy, gosha'mighty, I'm wiggling in my chair like a tickled puppy. What has made me so happy, you might ask? A week from today...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:02 PM • 263 Comments •
Category: Technology
I feel a little bit guilty saying this: every time I write about Jonah Lehrer, it seems to be about jumping on his ideas, even though I think he's a good writer and his other ideas, the ones I don't...
Posted by PZ Myers at 12:12 PM • 74 Comments •
Category: Science
Science magazine has published the formal criticisms of the claim to have found extremophiles that substituted arsenic for phosphorus in their chemistry. It's a thorough drubbing, and the most disappointing part is that Wolfe-Simon's rebuttal simply insists that they were...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:23 AM • 39 Comments •
Category: Creationism
The Creation "Museum" is 4 years old, and co-founder Mark Looy was interviewed. "The number-one comment we get, whether it's from a Christian or a non-Christian, is that this place exceeded their expectations," he reports. "The quality of the exhibits,...
Posted by PZ Myers at 11:14 AM • 32 Comments •
Category: Technology
On my last flight, I sat next to a woman who had the worst case of fear of flying I've ever seen. She spent the entire trip clutching the armrests and breaking into frequent bouts of tears; when I asked...
Posted by PZ Myers at 9:14 AM • 149 Comments •
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