EvoS: Coming Soon to a College Near You
A funny thing happened to evolutionary theory on its way to transforming the study of life--the study of humanity got left out. Even though it was obv...
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The Lawnmower Man
Paul J. Zak | Posted 08.15.2008 | Living
Why is the world full of supposedly inanimate objects that are out to get us? We shout "You useless piece of junk!", in various shades of rage, at whatever sprite-haunted household appliance is currently ruining our lives.
I See Dead People
David Horton | Posted 07.17.2008 | Living
Humans are the only animals that know about their own death? How do we know that? Not elephants, or whales, or gorillas, or dolphins, or chimps, or bears, or pigs? Are we sure?
Top GOP VP Choices: Failed Business Leaders, Former Dems, Confirmed Bachelors and Creationists
Paul Jenkins | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics
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If you thought the Republican primary field was a bit of a joke, wait until you get a closer look at the front runners for the vice presidential slot.
Unintelligent Design
Gary Marcus | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics
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Lost amid all the recent discussions of intelligent design is one simple basic fact: the human species isn't intelligently designed.
Jindal: Intelligent Design "The Very Best Science" (VIDEO)
Huffington Post | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
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Bobby Jindal, Louisiana Governor, exorcist, and potential McCain running mate, was interviewed on CBS's Face The Nation on Father's Day. Among the top...
Evolution Opponents' New Strategy: Teaching The "Strengths And Weaknesses" Of Evolution
New York Times | LAURA BEIL | Posted 06.04.2008 | Living
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Opponents of teaching evolution, in a natural selection of sorts, have gradually shed those strategies that have not survived the courts. Over the las...
Animal crackers
David Horton | Posted 05.24.2008 | Politics
I was re-reading a book (Steve Jones "In the blood") the other day that I first read a decade ago. I came to two sentences that I had obviously read t...
Procrastination: Adaptation or Kluge?
Gary Marcus | Posted 05.14.2008 | Living
Procrastination is a sign of our inner kluge for the simple reason that it shows how our top-level goals are routinely undermined by goals with considerably less priority.
CON GAMES: Real American Values
Michael Conniff | Posted 05.13.2008 | Home
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For far too long, conservatives have made political hay with the notion that they are the party of ideas and the party of values -- even as they've he...
Expelled: Ben Stein's Fall from Disgrace... to... Something Even Lower
Jeff Dorchen | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics
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Ben Stein is the face of Creationism in the new movie Expelled, which is about how "Big Science" is robbing radical geniuses of their rightful rewards.
Dust-Up Round 3! Ben Stein's Expelled
Greg Lukianoff | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
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If Ben Stein cares so much about free speech and academic freedom, where has he been all these years?
The shoulders of pygmies
David Horton | Posted 04.05.2008 | Living
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"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants" said Isaac Newton, imitating Robert Burton and Bernard Chartres. Not true of cou...
Only Make Believe
David Horton | Posted 03.15.2008 | Living
If evolution has worked perfectly well to produce all the other features of all the other species on the planet, why on Earth would god even bother to design a flagellum?
Atheism as a Stealth Religion VI: Let's Break Out The Good Stuff!
David Sloan Wilson | Posted 03.09.2008 | Living
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Religion stays with us because so much of the world remains wracked by existential insecurity.
The Birds and the Huckabees
David Horton | Posted 03.08.2008 | Politics
If God wanted to create Mike Huckabee's world, he would have made sure that every individual of every species was identical, and that the whole of the Earth was covered by a uniform garden of Eden.
Evolving Evangelicals
David Horton | Posted 03.01.2008 | Politics
We often try to give examples of evolution occurring right now, in order to answer the proposition from creationists that no one ever saw evolution ha...
Where Is Mike?
Lloyd Garver | Posted 02.29.2008 | Home
There are two words that I haven't heard anyone in the press use for the past couple of weeks: Mike Huckabee. What happened to him? He disappeared. P...
Atheism as a Stealth Religion V: Ineffective, Silly, and Worse
David Sloan Wilson | Posted 02.27.2008 | Living
Sacred texts such as the Bible say so many things that almost any position can be supported by selecting the right passages. So it is with scientific ...
Are you there Mr Darwin?
David Horton | Posted 02.16.2008 | Politics
You all know about my belief in the supernatural, and this week I have been communicating with Charles Darwin in a seance. He doesn't have access to a...
McCain Has to Get Right With the Conservative God
Chris McGowan | Posted 02.13.2008 | Politics
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McCain will have to get right with God, and by that I don't mean the more tolerant, less politically involved deity of Catholics and mainline Protestants. I am referring to the God of Pat Robertson.
The eight-legged god
David Horton | Posted 01.23.2008 | Politics
The god of the gaps argument keeps reasserting itself (just like the climate change denial argument) in odd ways. With the discovery of the Big Bang, ...
Atheism as a Stealth Religion III: Four Questions and Six Possible Answers
David Sloan Wilson | Posted 01.14.2008 | Living
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If religions pose a threat in modern life, we need to know what kind of threat so we can respond appropriately. It would be amazing if the six evolutionary hypotheses resulted in the same plan of action for what to do about religion.
National Academy Of Sciences Issues Report Emphasizing The Importance Of Teaching Evolution
AP | NANCY ZUCKERBROD | Posted 01.03.2008 | Politics
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Scientific advisers to the government emphasize in a report the importance of teaching evolution in public schools. The report by the National Academy...
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