The first time I was frustrated by an anti-science stance

It was either in preschool or kindergarten that I first learned that the earth was spinning while constantly revolving around the sun. I remember being absolutely fascinated by this. The earth was spinning? It seemed so counter-intuitive. But I had been presented with the facts so convincingly that I never once doubted it to be [...]

Carl Sagan Day

Today is Carl Sagan Day. That means you should appreciate science and have a Cosmos marathon. Also, watch this video. It’s hilarious.

Conservapædia’s new project and theology

Conservapædia has a new project.
So what to do? When your claim of godly authority rests on your interpretation of God’s holy word, but God’s holy words contradict your desired ends, you’re in a bit of a pickle. There is a solution, though: rewrite the Bible and change the liberal bits! For this reason some of [...]

Thought of the day

Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, Rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.
~Gary Zukav
This is what makes atheism scientific in its nature. It doesn’t fit the conventional definition of science, but it does fit its essence.

Infuriatingly silly

Jerry Coyne has a post about why Francis Collins pollutes science with religion. It’s a succinct piece that basically nails Collins for all his silly, childish, superstitious, frankly stupid beliefs.
The most inane and disingenuous part of Collins’s argument is his claim that without religion, the concepts of good and evil are meaningless. (Collins’s slide 5 [...]

Only a matter of time

Teachers in Florida can now officially use the word “evolution”.
For the first time, teachers can say it, they are now being taught how to handle this controversial subject.
The word evolution appears in student’s textbooks.
But when teachers get to that chapter, they say it’s always been a juggling act — how to teach evolution, without actually [...]

A Short History of Nearly Everything

I am currently in my fourth and a half listening of the audio version of Bill Bryson’s “A Short History of Nearly Everything“. It’s about 6 years old, but I’ve only recently been introduced to it. I’ve been severely missing out.
This is an overwhelmingly encompassing account of, well, nearly everything. Bryson goes through, with engrossing [...]

Obama continues to fix the errors of Bush

Scientists will be allowed to make the guidelines surrounding use of embryonic stem cells.
The government issued final rules Monday expanding taxpayer-funded research using embryonic stem cells, easing scientists’ fears that some of the oldest batches might not qualify and promising a master list of all that do.
President Barack Obama lifted previous restrictions on the field [...]

Marriage is between people, not disparate ideas

There are a couple articles floating around about a new site run by Francis Collins and Karl Giberson
Our Mission: Faith and science both lead us to truth about God and creation. The BioLogos Foundation promotes the search for truth in both the natural and spiritual realms, and seeks to harmonize these different perspectives.
It’s just another [...]

Obama: Science to be at top of agenda

The beauty that is science has suffered horribly in the past 8 years thanks to the idiocy of the Republicans. It’s such a relief to know that Jesus H. Obama is going to bring the United States up to code with the rest of the sane world and, again, put science at the top.
CHICAGO – [...]