Monthly Archives: September 2009

Bob Wright on the Behe Brouhaha: Mea Culpa

Posted on September 8, 2009 by John C. Snider

I know I’ve posted about this a couple of times before, but this onion keeps growing new layers.  Over the weekend, bloggingheads.tv Robert Wright (The Evolution of God) posted a conversation with science journalist George Johnson, in which Wright offers … Continue reading →

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Dragon*Con!!!

Posted on September 4, 2009 by John C. Snider

Okay, people, let’s do this thing!  I (John Snider) will be a Dragon*Con pretty much the whole weekend, so if you see me wandering the halls, please say hello.  I’ll be hanging out at the Skeptics Track quite a bit, … Continue reading →

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NASA flies religious artifact aboard shuttle Discovery

Posted on September 3, 2009 by John C. Snider

Of all the things that NASA has flown into space over the years–including a Buzz Lightyear action figure–this is one of the weirdest.  The shuttle Discovery is in orbit right now, delivering several tons of equipment and supplies to the … Continue reading →

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More fallout from the Behe bloggingheads.tv brouhaha

Posted on September 2, 2009 by John C. Snider

How to deal with Creationists and Intelligent Design proponents?  It’s a bit of a Catch-22: one the one hand, unless we consistently, frequently and forcefully confront their nonsense, we might give them free rein to convince the general public that … Continue reading →

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