Category Archives: evolution

Morning Awful: Santorum’s Intelligent Design

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Morning Awful: Santorum’s Intelligent Design”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailPresidential contestant Rick Santorum took the Republican nominating reality show to new depths over the weekend. Among the lowlights was this clueless attack on public education: (Santorum) said he wants to get the … Continue reading →

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Creationism Is Child Abuse

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Creationism Is Child Abuse”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailBroadcast by BBC1 in March, this moment from an interfaith panel show highlights two important points I’ve covered in this blog: (1) the question isn’t what you believe, but whether that belief is adaptive … Continue reading →

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Tennessee’s Wind-Inheriting Time Waster

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Tennessee’s Wind-Inheriting Time Waster”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailVia MoJo, we catch up with idiocracy being installed in Tennessee: The bill would require educators to “assist teachers to find effective ways to present the science curriculum as it addresses scientific controversies.” It … Continue reading →

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Saturday Afternoon TV

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Saturday Afternoon TV”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailPBS: “Evolution: Episode 7: What About God?”

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Denying Science

Posted on March 5, 2010 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Denying Science”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mail What was that I said the other day about climate change denial being the new evolution denial? Denialists are joining forces to say that “dissenting views on both scientific subjects should be taught in public … Continue reading →

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Taking On The Banana

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Taking On The Banana”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailI like watching college students defeat Teh Stupid™.

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Piltdown Politics

Posted on October 25, 2008 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Piltdown Politics”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailIn 1912, a fossil skull was discovered in a British gravel pit. Some scientists hailed Piltdown Man as the ‘missing link’ between apes and man, but many were suspicious. After four decades and some 250 research … Continue reading →

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Creationist Biology

Posted on October 20, 2008 by Matt Osborne

Share the post “Creationist Biology”FacebookTwitterGoogle+PinterestLinkedInDiggStumbleUponE-mailOMFG. Tonight is a busy night, but I have to share this: I went to my daughter’s parent-teacher conferences today and discovered that her Biology teacher is a rabid creationist. She teaches the standard methodology of … Continue reading →