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badastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Nov 13, 2008
Sometimes, a news item comes out that makes me slap my forehead and say, why didn’t I think of that! In this case, it’s about evolution… kinda. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution of Washington’s Geophysical …
Also tagged: cool stuff, science
badastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Nov 13, 2008
Obviously, I know there will be no disaster, astronomical or otherwise, in the year 2012. The conspiracy theorists are full of it, there is no Nibiru, it’ll be years after 2012 that solar activity (flares and such) …
Also tagged: science, skepticism, antiscience, deathfromtheskies
badastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Nov 12, 2008
This is one of the best blog posts I have read in weeks. Months. Having had my own run-ins with hundreds of scientists, which have ranged the gamut from life-changing to decidedly unpleasant, I cannot say that I have …
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A new daybadastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Nov 5, 2008 The Sun rises on America once again. And like any day when it starts, it’s time to roll up our sleeves and get to work. Sunrise picture courtesy D’Arcy Norman on Flickr. Also tagged: politics, cool stuff |
badastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Nov 3, 2008
In Colorado, Proposition 48 is up for vote on Tuesday. It is a rather simple statement; here it is in its entirety on the Colorado ballot: Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution defining the term …
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Que, Sarah?badastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Nov 3, 2008 My brother sent me this picture, taken by the blogger Edgy Mama at a Sarah Palin rally in Asheville, North Carolina: Pssssst. Hey dude! Too late: some people stopped evolving a long time ago. But not everyone … |
badastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Oct 28, 2008
I try to think carefully about my own feelings, my own "beliefs" if you will. I hesitate to call them that, because I associate belief with faith, with thinking something is true without evidence. But it also commonly …
Also tagged: politics, religion, skepticism
badastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Oct 26, 2008
Readers, BABloggees, potential commenters: In the past couple of days I’ve had to lay the smackdown to some commenters. Now, I don’t mind the occasional handing of the head to someone who so desperately needs it, but …
Also tagged: politics, religion, about this blog
badastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Oct 25, 2008
OK, why be coy? I think Sarah Palin is a disaster. You know all the reasons: no experience, chosen cynically, a past that can charitably be called checkered, no understanding of the job for which she’s been picked …
Also tagged: politics, antiscience
badastronomy.com » Bad Astronomy - Oct 24, 2008
I usually like to keep things light on Fridays, but this is too good to keep until Monday. Moriel Schotttlander has written up an account of how the Shuttle Columbia astronaut Ilan Ramon’s personal diary survived (more …
Also tagged: religion, science, nasa, skepticism, debunking, antiscience