intelligent design

"Revelations of a Human Space Navigator", by Victor Senchenko

Mon, 06/30/2008 - 07:45

Derided by ignorant "academic" critics who probably haven't even read his book, super-genius Victor Senchenko is, quite literally, the next Galileo. Single-handedly, and in spite of having no real scientific qualifications, Senchenko has taken the world by storm with his theory of life, the universe, and everything.

At least, according to Victor.

Top Te... er, Seven Comedians on Evolution vs. Creationism

Wed, 06/25/2008 - 07:27

Welcome to another post from the Department of Lazy Blogging. Inspired by George Carlin's piece against religion that I posted the other day, here are thoughts on creationism from seven different comedians: Bill Hicks, Ricky Gervais, Robin Ince, Ali G. (featuring Kent Hovind), Eddie Izzard, Joe Rogan and Lewis Black (HT: 2000 Years of Deception). Seven different people, seven different styles, but all with good points to make through the brilliant medium of comedy. Sometimes, when confronted by stupidity on an epic scale, all you can do is laugh, so enjoy!

16% of U.S. Science Teachers are Creationists

Tue, 05/20/2008 - 11:12

In a worrying new paper appearing in PLoS Biology, "Evolution and Creationism in America's Classrooms: A National Portrait", Michael B. Berkman and his colleagues have published the results of a national survey of High School biology teachers, and the findings don't make pleasant reading [1].

Answers Research Journal: Creationists try to Embrace Science, Get All Confused, Write Garbage.

Fri, 02/29/2008 - 03:27

Creationist site "Answers in Genesis" have just launched their new "Answers Research Journal", attracting some rave reviews, such as this poetic assessment from one of my favourite bloggers: "The entire article is nothing more than theocratic masturbation, not science, and like masturbation, they should probably do it in private, rather than clogging our precious intertubes with their rantings". Let's take a look!

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