Continuing with the strange story of the movie Expelled which I first addressed a couple months back…
The saga of Ben Stein’s Expelled just gets curiouser and curiouser. The back-channel story here deserves to become a movie in its own right. I have collected several links which tell the story (so far) exceedingly well. Here is my suggested […]
03.11Zune as foolscap
My Zune has become, in no small way, my pre-Singularity foolscap. Through it, I am enjoying a personal renaissance in my thirst for diverse learning. Many (esp. my sons) would think it strange that I rarely use my Zune for music. I’m sure I would if I had more music listening time in my day. What […]
02.18Pharyngula
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/
A truly delightful find! I spent this entire evening reading about the hilarious saga of PZ and Expelled (read the responses! esp. #90 :)
Tonight I added pharyngula to my blogroll (in place of the disappointing “The Future and You” which, along with it’s now-weekly podcast, has become very unremarkable).
The root of most disunity in the US, I believe, is firmly grounded in the data shown by this map. Every time I come across this, it never ceases to amaze and amuse. It presents many avenues of analysis, but any careful analysis must first recognize the shortcomings of the data visualization. A couple […]
According to the Mayan Calendar, 5 years from today, time is undefined. It has ended.
As a child, I remember being fascinated with little circular-sliderule type perpetual calendars. These little marvels would allow you to construct the current calendar month. They typically had a useful range of several decades. This one is good until 2046.
The Maya […]
12.15Morumi
Krista Tippett is the host and creator of a groundbreaking public radio program and postcast, Speaking of Faith. SOF is unusual its sensitive and deeply insightful weekly in-depth treatment of controversial religious topics. This week her topic, The Ecstatic Faith of Rumi, is one of the best I’ve heard.
About three months ago, Rumi turned […]
I first heard of the Flying Spaghetti Monster a couple years ago. He’s back in the news (even local) in a big way: Pasta Monster Gets Academic Attention. Satire, humor, and a very clever and effective argument. I must get a copy of The Gospel (scroll down; don’t miss the posted review ‘One of the […]
10.01The End of Faith
A recent world-wide movement is gaining attention. This is very shocking to some (including individuals close to me). The world is loosing Faith. It occurs to me that this is merely another example of inevitable accelerating change. This trend started many centuries ago with the earliest philosophers who formed the first rational science-based foundation for […]
08.25Why fear the future?
Growing up in the 60s and 70s in rural America, one had little reason not to be optimistic about the future (though, of course, some of us had the Book of Revelation keeping us in a cold sweat). The baby boomer’s had every reason to believe they would match and exceed the abundance of their […]
Starting a new category: “Only in the USA”. There are a lot of good reasons to like living in the USA. There are many other aspects of life with Uncle Sam that are ridiculous, alarming or downright scary—some of which make me want to run for the nearest border. Many of these, on […]