Science
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Academic Freedom is Smelly Crap
Oh, just what I needed…another reason to be embarrassed to live in Florida. It seems there are two types of Floridians – those that introduce infuriating, frivolous legislation and those that fight it with references to malodorous poo. I’m pretty sure neither knows how to vote. Last month, Florida decided to promote references to evolution and prohibit religious theories (including…
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Gorilla man Dan Simons in video copyright claim
I hope you’ve all seen Dan Simons’ famous and fantastic basketball gorilla video, which in part was the inspiration for the even-more-famous Colour Changing Card Trick from Richard Wiseman (for which Wiseman not only credited Dan, but included a gorilla in the background as a tribute to his friend). What’s less well-known is that Dan, quite rightly, owns the copyright…
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Skepchick Quickies 3.14
It’s Pi Day! Go do some math and bake some pies, people. Anonymous has announced another peaceful protest to be held tomorrow as part of Project (or Operation) Chanology, their protest against Scientology. Argentinian gnome roams the streets scaring kids– Caught on tape! Biblefight!– You’re not really working on a Friday anyway, are you? Expelled still sucks– PZ reports that…
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Skepchick Quickies 3.11
Thanks to everyone who’s been sending in links recently. I’ve been enjoying the large amount of “wtfness” that these articles share. Burkhaberry? – from Tracy. Striking a “blow” against breast cancer. Reader Mike, the author of this piece, discusses two myths about how certain bedroom acts can prevent cancer. Dr Who and Star Trek burlesque from Rav Winston. Personally, I’d…
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Sunset
As a skeptic and an atheist, I don’t believe that God or Zeus or even the flying spaghetti monster (I know, I know… call me a heretic) created the world. I believe that the world was created through a series of random events that were constrained by the fundamental forces (gravity, electromagnetism, weak force, strong force, and any others we…
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Robots with Delusions Are Better
I’ve written about free will before. Several times. And yet I exercise my free will by writing about it again. Or maybe my genetics and environmental influences have programmed me to write about it. If so, you can’t possibly be annoyed with me, right? One of the major issues I’ve addressed in previous writings is that without free will, our…
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Just Don’t Say No
I was inspired by a Shell advertisement today. Yes, Shell like the corner gas station. I read the excerpt below and it moved me enough to go to the website, which excited me even more and provoked the thoughts I’m about to share with you. The advertisement is entitled “Say No to Noâ€. Isn’t it high time someone got negative…
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Just Don't Say No
I was inspired by a Shell advertisement today. Yes, Shell like the corner gas station. I read the excerpt below and it moved me enough to go to the website, which excited me even more and provoked the thoughts I’m about to share with you. The advertisement is entitled “Say No to Noâ€. Isn’t it high time someone got negative…
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