Doctors are just like military dictators
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There's a number of dangers in carrying an analogy too far. One situation
may be *analogous* to another without being *identical*, or they may not in
fac...
Ho boy...
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The last post got me thinking about all the fearpolitik since...fuck, 9/11really.
I ranted my rant on the teabaggers, a couple actually, and how the militia...
Talking Science With Patient Advocates
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Laurie Edwards has a rare chronic disease called primary ciliary dyskinesia.
Her symptoms are quite similar to those associated with cystic fibrosis, and
h...
Good news for Neoceratodus
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About 2½ years ago, I highlighted the environmental threats to the
Australian lungfish, in particular the planned construction of a dam that
would destro...
Happy Web Day!
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In my latest Word Routes column on the Visual Thesaurus, I consider the
enormous linguistic impact of an internal memorandum published at the
European Orga...
IACC Statement on Autism Research
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Politics is partly about setting priorities and agendas, and therefore it is
impossible to keep politics out of science. Politicians are also in control
of...
Is there a moral argument?
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The old ones are the best right?
Still working my way through the usual theist arguments (funny how few of
them are actually arguments for the Christian G...
Scientology sez: swine flu iz conspiracy!!!!
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Leaked email from OSA (Office of Special Affairs) UK:
From: Graeme Wilson
Date: Sun, 3 May 2009 23:25:57 +0100
To: Graeme Reid Wilson
Subject: Mexico and ...
1989
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It's 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It is hard to describe to
anyone too young to remember it the sheer joy of the occasion. The ending
of t...
Behind One Door Is an Award. . . .
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Huzzahs are in order for SciBling Jason Rosenhouse, whose entertaining and
informative book *The Monty Hall Problem: The Remarkable Story of Math's
Most ...
Skeptics’ Circle!
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Hey everyone, check out the newest Skeptics’ Circle is up over at Blue
Genes! Check it out. Be sure to get your best skeptical blogging ready,
because I’m ...
First they laugh at us, then they fight us....
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You must read this opinion peace in todays Age. It is so full of hate, bile
and fear of atheists as well as any other non christians. It declares that
new ...
Quick Update
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Currently home in Los Angeles preparing for Step 2 CS (the exam that is
offered in only a handful of U.S. cities, costs $1500 to register, and uses
actors ...
Letter To the Metro: Exposing Creationist Lies
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There has been a flurry of creationist nonsense in the metro recently. The
depressing thing is that it’s the same thoroughly refuted nonsense that
keeps co...
3 comments:
I don't know the birds well on the East Coast. Haven't had time to go birding.
Arh - he's sweet.
Pied Billed Grebes.
I luvs dem.
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