Thursday, March 31, 2011

William Lane Craig Does Mathematics

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In his debate with Lawrence Krauss last night (audio here ), William Lane Craig says, "But mathematicians recognize that the existence ...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Nobody - Even Creationists - Seems to Know How To Calculate Dembski's "CSI"

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Back in 2001, when I was on sabbatical in Tucson, Arizona, I decided to spend some time trying to understand Dembski's "complex spe...
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

No Smoking Fail

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This wins my award for the "No Smoking Sign Least Likely to Convince Anyone Not to Smoke". Spotted in the Surrogate's Court B...
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Graffiti Limbo

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This is just a small portion of an amazing collection of graffiti, spotted in an American city. For points, identify the city, the subway f...
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Monday, March 07, 2011

Conway, Diaconis, Rivest I've Heard Of - But Who's That Fourth Guy?

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In this reminiscence about the late Martin Gardner , Donald Knuth points out that Gardner had correspondence with some young mathematicians ...
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Saturday, March 05, 2011

This is What a Hypocritical, Lying Weasel Looks Like

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Take a good look.
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Monday, February 28, 2011

Famous Astronomer with Moose

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OK, it's not as good as Alan Turing with a moose, but still... Tycho Brahe with his moose.
Friday, February 25, 2011

"Any" Considered Harmful

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Edsger Dijkstra wrote a famous letter in the Communications of the ACM that appeared under the heading "Go To Statement Considered Har...
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Friday, February 18, 2011

More Mary Poplin Nuttiness

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I forgot to mention one more nutty claim by Mary Poplin at Waterloo: "John the Baptist recognized Jesus while he [John] was in the wom...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Waterloo's "Watson" Connection

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Here's Waterloo's own Jesse Hoey and Robin Cohen being interviewed about "Watson".
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

'Watson' on Jeopardy

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Well, the first episode of 'Watson' on Jeopardy was shown last night. I didn't see it live, but luckily it's available on Y...
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Monday, February 14, 2011

Mary Poplin Round 2

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Mary Poplin, this year's Pascal lecturer at the University of Waterloo, returned for a second lecture, entitled "Is Anything Sacred...
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Harris v. Wolpe

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This is an oldie, but a goodie: Sam Harris versus David Wolpe: I think Harris definitely gets the best of Wolpe, although Wolpe's no s...
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Sunday, February 13, 2011

Rock Lobster - Performed by Old Computers & Robots

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I remember seeing the B-52's give a free concert in Sproul Plaza back around 1980. But I think I like this version better.
Friday, February 11, 2011

The Pascal Lecture: Another Year, Another Embarrassment

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It's time again for that excruciating annual exercise at my university called the "Pascal Lectures" . Inaugurated in 1978, the...
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011

World's Dumbest Scammer?

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This is the word-salad recently received from a spammer-scammer: Anti-Terrorist and Monitory Crime Division. Federal Bureau of Investigation...
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Monday, February 07, 2011

Fibonacci Quarterly Goes Electronic

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The Fibonacci Quarterly has gone electronic! And they've put all their articles before 2006 online for free . When I was a teenager, ...
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Sunday, January 30, 2011

Yet Another Christian Fake Quote

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From recent e-mail from a fundamentalist: "Cursed be all that learning that is contrary to the cross of Christ." -James Madison, A...
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Saturday, January 29, 2011

So Much Stupidity, So Little Time

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I wish I had a little more time to discuss all the stoopid that's been in the news lately! But I don't, so here's a few links: ...
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Sunday, January 16, 2011

Net Neutrality = Fairness Doctrine?

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Here is a commentary with equal parts smugness, lies, and ignorance, delivered by Andrew Klavan: It's truly fascinating how moronic it i...
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