Science
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Skepchick Quickies for 2.05
It’s super Tuesday! Not for me, but hey, I thought I’d mention it anyway. Speaking of politics: National Academies to Co-Sponsor ScienceDebate 2008. Can you imagine a candidate debate focussed on science and NOT religion? There is a post at the Disco Tute site making use of the ResearchBlogging.org “Blogging About Peer-Reviewed Research” icon. Mind you, it doesn’t link to…
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Harmony vs. Harm
It’s not always easy being a skeptic. Being the voice of reason can sometimes get translated into being the ‘buzzkill,’ particularly when it comes to the more ‘socially acceptable’ forms of pseudoscience. Is it really that big of a deal that your co-worker checks her horoscope every day? So what if crazy cousin Jimmy believes in ghosts?  What about good…
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Scientists are not psychics
I was shown this picture recently: (click for larger picture in new window) It’s from a 1954 Popular Mechanics magazine. Some scientists at RAND made a model of what they predicted a home computer would look like 50 years later. Apparently that’s not true. It’s from a submarine. That explains the steering wheels. My friends and I had gotten to the point of…
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Darwinian Valentine’s Day Card Contest
Ah, Valentine’s Day… a day for love, over-priced chocolate, flowers, and…Darwin? Yes, that is correct. The contest for this Valentine’s Day is to create your very own Darwinian Valentine’s Day Card. The criteria for this contest is pretty simple: You can use any sort of medium you want: draw it by hand, on the computer with Photoshop, anything you can…
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Darwinian Valentine's Day Card Contest
Ah, Valentine’s Day… a day for love, over-priced chocolate, flowers, and…Darwin? Yes, that is correct. The contest for this Valentine’s Day is to create your very own Darwinian Valentine’s Day Card. The criteria for this contest is pretty simple: You can use any sort of medium you want: draw it by hand, on the computer with Photoshop, anything you can…
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Skepchick Quickies for 2.01
Happy Friday! Highlights from the new peer-reviewed creation science journal, Answers Research Journal. Secular Student Alliance reports that MySpace has deleted the site’s atheist and agnostic group. Pharyngula weighs in here. Surprise, surprise- Enzyte does not provide natural male enhancement. Poor Bob. Cartoon mice on drugs teach you about your brain. And let’s end with a cute picture of a…
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Is the pope Polish? Oh, wait…
So, apparently the pope is spouting off again. Â PZ rants and points to an article here. I’m a bit conflicted on this point. While I acknowledge that the pope does have loads of influence over many throughout the world, and it sucks that some (including my family) will blindly follow anything he says, what I find compelling about this is…
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Skepchick Quickies and Who Am I?
First off, today’s fascinating links: Forget crop circles, try sheep circles. Best quote: “I think there was a chap in Yorkshire who spelled out ‘will you marry me’ to his girlfriend in sheep by putting feed down.” My own proposal seems to pale in comparison. Jesus and Mo on the healing power of prayer. Ah yes, how else could one…
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