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So we keep asking, over and over, until a handful of earth stops our mouths – but is that an answer?

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Bingo…

The creationists are at it again:  Bizarre Legal Thinking on Evolution and Creationism.  What he said.  I would respond with a biting rebuttal myself, but someone else has already done it, probably better than I could:  All Epistemologies Are Not Created Equal.  The key is here, right from the beginning: Jacob Bronowski used to say [...]

Reality is not a democracy…

  A creationism “museum” in Texas is apparently about to fold, so they are attempting to sell a large Mastadon skull to avoid going under.  The skull is estimated to be about 40,000 years old.  I wonder how creationists like selling an artifact that is advertised as being much older than their beliefs allow?  Personally, [...]

Two more years to win a million dollars…

For those of you who don’t know, James Randi is a professional stage magician who goes by the moniker The Amazing Randi.  He is exceptional at what he does, but he is even more exceptional at his “side project”, which is debunking the paranormal.  As a magician, Randi knows there is no such thing as [...]

The Dark Ages are still with us…

It’s amazing.  Simply amazing.  Here we are in the 21st century, surrounded by the fruits of science and technology.  We human beings benefit from the discoveries of science and the advancement of technology every day, from flying in aircraft that carry us long distances in short amounts of time through the air, to watching moving images [...]

Sci-fi comes to life…

I have a fascination with animals which seem like they should only belong to the annals of science fiction, but which actually exist (especially when said animal was thought to have only existed in science fiction, and then is later found to be real).  Creatures from the ocean depths seem particularly qualified for this distinction, [...]

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