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Accommodation

Another biology blog on religion… but at least he’s [...]

Acommodation vs. appeasement

Hi.

This post by anti-accomodationist Jerry Coyne deserves an answer. But, I gave that answer as a comment on this post by anti-accomodationist Larry Moran. I’ll summarize what I said there:

I see no reason to think it impossible for some people to accept one class of ideas only with evidence, and another class of ideas [...]

Physics of Clowning

This also works on objects besides sticks, so long as they have a high center of gravity. Like office chairs. The leg of the chair moves the weight high enough for this to work. And hands are for pansies. Use your chin. That’s what it’s there [...]

Science is a beautiful springtime meadow

And religions are the clouds that swirl and careen above it. Sound corny? Wait ’til you read Chris Mooney’s latest. And, of course, I wholeheartedly agree with him. I like and respect the people who see it the other way – that science is a pristine forest and religion the paper mill whose [...]

A Texas Republican I Would Vote For

But I can’t vote in the College Station school board elections. Via Little Green Footballs, the self-styled “anti-jihadist” conservative website that has recently run afoul of a number of angry elements on the right who are incensed that LGF isn’t crazy enough (currently fighting off those who have no truck with his unwillingness to associate with [...]

Kewl

If this isn’t fake, then it’s the coolest thing I’ve done all week: Control an [...]

Science Hunt

The challenge: explain why these two spider webs [...]

Yesterday’s Hunt

Those marks were bioturbation – or in plain English, fossilized worm tracks. The rock was shale – I believe it was from the Chattanooga Shale that underlies much of Eastern Tennessee and was laid down during the Devonian – when plants started growing roots and fish started walking – while much of the area we live [...]

Black Holes

I will never understand ‘em.

The science guys tell me that the gravity is so strong that even light can’t escape from them but now scientists are watching gas and light pour out of one.

I am sure there is a perfectly logical explanation that I [...]

Scavenger Hunt

Joel Monka won Friday’s science challenge (math, really, this time)… hands down & in record time. (In case you missed it)

Let’s see what y’all do with this:

It’s a science mystery photo. The hint is that the photo is of a cross section of rock. The question is, what type of event is indicated by [...]