“Intelligent design” bill in Missouri | NCSE
“Intelligent design” bill in Missouri | NCSE. Not that anyone needs reminding, but just in case, Intelligent design is not scientific, it is not a scientific theory, and it is religion. In Kitzmiller...
View ArticleA second antievolution bill in Missouri | NCSE
A second antievolution bill in Missouri | NCSE. Right after I pushed the “publish” button, I saw a second news article about Missouri. Apparently, there’s nothing really important going on in...
View ArticleObjective rating calculator for pseudoscientific works
I saved this list from something I read a few years ago, when I first became interested in pseudoscience (not from a pure profit standpoint, just to be a cantankerous debater). It’s quite useful. How...
View ArticleMore misinformation, lies, distortions and memes from the anti-vaccine lunacy
I do yeoman’s work reading the stupidity on the internet so you don’t have to do it yourself. Some of it makes me feel unclean–I hate that I contribute to the google rankings of some of these websites...
View ArticleCreationism legislation–Tennessee Monkey Bill (update 6)
According to the Nashville News, Governor Bill Haslam told reporters that he will probably sign antievolution bill, which allows teachers to discuss the scientific “controversies” regarding the fact of...
View ArticleReview of Prometheus on “Why Evolution is True”
From Guest post: Sigmund pans the movie “Prometheus” (spoiler alert) « Why Evolution Is True. I rarely do this (well, never), but here is another scientific review of Prometheus from “Why Evolution is...
View ArticleAntievolution legislation updates–seven states attacking science
It’s a new year for the individual US state legislatures, and after a relatively unsuccessful 2012 in passing anti-science laws (with the notable exception of Tennessee’s Monkey Bill), the conservative...
View ArticleAntievolution legislation update–five states kill anti-science bills
This is an update of the original post about antievolution legislation from February 19, 2013. It’s a new year for the individual US state legislatures, and after a relatively unsuccessful 2012 in...
View ArticleAntievolution legislation update–now six states kill anti-science bills
This is an update of the original post about antievolution legislation from March 11, 2013. It’s a new year for the individual US state legislatures, and after a relatively unsuccessful 2012 in passing...
View ArticleAntievolution legislation update–Louisiana
In 2008, the Republican governor of Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, signed the Louisiana Science Education Act into law. The law contends that ”the teaching of some scientific subjects, such as biological...
View ArticleAntievolution legislation update–two additional states consider anti-science...
This is an update of the post about antievolution legislation posted on 17 March, 2013. It’s a new year for the individual US state legislatures, and after a relatively unsuccessful 2012 in passing...
View ArticleAntievolution legislation update–nine out of ten states have killed...
This is an update of the post about antievolution legislation posted on 17 April, 2013. The 2013 state legislature sessions are either coming to a conclusion or have adjourned. After a relatively...
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