Sent to you by Arkaro via Google Reader: Any volunteers? via Pharyngula on 12/28/07 Next time I'm told by some "scientific" racist that he has evidence backing...
... Solution for a price When forecasters can't even preÂdict the weather accurately from day to day, how can we wholly put faith in scientific models that...
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The WH routinely gives David Begley, a radical-right GOP operative, space for his propaganda. I replied to his of Oct 9 (my reply appended below this), and now...
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... wrote: -snip- You can see her trying to string together memorized, empty platitudes, but she just can't manage it. -snip- Dan asks: Such as? :)...
Thanks, Laurey, and Happy New Year! Miss Reason ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute...
level 11, 462,224 points Those pacific islands are a bitch too. ... From: Jim Bechtel To: Bart ; Reason Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 10:10 AM Subject:...
I'm in awe. ... From: William Hay To: Reason-Omaha@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 8:07 PM Subject: Re: [Reason-Omaha] Re: Fun Geography...
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Subject: Fw: Happy 2008! To all my friends who sent me best wishes in 2007, or promises of good luck if I forwared something, it did NOT WORK. For 2008, could...
My middle school teacher brother (in Bart's school district) plays this game with his high school students on a large smart board. He says it allows awesome...
Before looking at the study... First of all.. if you've been reading anything I've written.. at all, you'd know quite well by now that this study doesn't test...
http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/11841 The 2007 'WTF?' Awards by Ed Naha | January 1, 2008 It's that time of year, boys and girls. A time when the voices in...
Forgive me, it's been a long while since I've posted. I was just wondering if y'all think that tribalism around the globe can ever be muted enough to prevent...
... Sure. You don't see this in the Americas. And yes, I think better econmies would help a lot. Wouldn't be the cure, since there's also the aspect of...
Reminder from: Reason-Omaha Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Reason-Omaha/cal Regular Meeting Saturday January 5, 2008 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm (This event...
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Good to have you back. Math? The language of the cosmos? The key to research into empirical data? The Queen of the sciences? The guide to verifiable reality?...
Jim Bechtel
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Jan 2, 2008 11:08 pm
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In a nutshell: Republican theorists (and the tiny number of GOP moderates) are worried that to prevent conservatism from becoming an unelectable cult, out of...
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Jan 2, 2008 11:42 pm
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Good one! Happy New Year, Reasonnaires! Clay Clay Farris Naff Member, National Association of Science Writers Vice President, Nebraska Citizens for Science ...
http://books.guardian.co.uk/departments/scienceandnature/story/0,,2229138,00.html 'We'd be better off if women ran everything' Desmond Morris transformed our...
From NYT: Op-Ed Contributor What's Your Consumption Factor? By JARED DIAMOND Published: NYTimes, January 2, 2008 TO mathematicians, 32 is an interesting...
Sent to you by Arkaro via Google Reader: Look familiar? via Pharyngula on 1/2/08 Does your local schoolboard look like this? (I know -- it's slandering the...
Atheist parents in New Jersey, watch out! If you don't take your children to church on Sundays, the state courts might take your children away from you. Sent...
lol.. I understood the comic's humor in terms of how the it seriously deflates the validity of any such assessments. The volunteering part is just an...
Ah wow.. I didn't notice the article date - thanks Brian! The reason these sort of stories are being revitalized recently is probably due to the fact that...
http://atheistethicist.blogspot.com/2008/01/studying-morality-through-brain-scans.html I bet the studio audience member mentioned at the beginning is me seeing...
Note the mention of current scholarships for high school atheists. Sent to you by Arkaro via Google Reader: High School Atheist Wants a Scholarship via Planet...
If the subject's pleasure center lights up when being generous, this not only tells us something about human nature (empathy) but (as science) is predictable,...