Sunday, August 26, 2018

Creationist Physicist Doesn't Understand Mathematics, Either

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If there's one consistent aspect of creationism, it's that people lacking understanding and training are put forth as experts. He...
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Sunday, July 22, 2018

History Quiz

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This American president's library contains many books on religion, but it also contains a copy of Darwin's Origin of Species . W...
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Friday, July 13, 2018

Discovery Institute Branches Out Into Comedy

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That wretched hive of scum and villainy, the Discovery Institute, has announced that its nefarious tentacles have snagged a new venture: a...
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Saturday, March 03, 2018

Who's the Comedian?

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I wrote a joke that was once voted the funniest religious joke of all time. This what I looked like in high school. Who am I?
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Friday, February 16, 2018

The World's Best Job: Moose Rescue

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Snowmobilers worked together to free a stuck moose last month in Newfoundland. "We knew the moose was stuck really good," on...
Sunday, February 11, 2018

Yet Another Baseless Claim about Consciousness

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If I live long enough, I'm planning to write a book entitled "The 100 Stupidest Things Anyone Ever Said About Minds, Brains, Cons...
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Sunday, February 04, 2018

The Sortition Solution: Representation by Randomly-Chosen Representatives

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The US political system is clearly broken. To name just a few problems: the legislative agenda is largely driven, not by citizen ne...
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Friday, February 02, 2018

Doug Hofstadter, Flight, and AI

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Douglas Hofstadter, author of the fascinating book, Gödel, Escher, Bach , is someone I've admired for a long time, both as an exposito...
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Friday, January 26, 2018

Just Your Usual Friday Moose Standing on a Car

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Here . Apparently the photo is from Alaska and not Maine. Hat tip: F. R.
Monday, January 15, 2018

Yet More Incoherent Thinking about AI

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I've written before about how sloppy and incoherent a lot of popular writing about artificial intelligence is, for example here and h...
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Sunday, December 24, 2017

Last Moose Story of the Year: The Limping Moose that Halted an Election

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Over in Calgary, a limping moose delayed elections back in October. The article contains helpful advice, such as "if you see a moo...
Friday, December 08, 2017

Moose Refuses to Obey Traffic Law

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In Sudbury , Ontario.
Sunday, November 26, 2017

Moose on the Loose

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A moose on the loose near a local airport made the news. Surely there would be no more Canadian way to die than to hit a moose on the r...
Saturday, October 14, 2017

The Moose Strike Back

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Some moose take exception to being hunted. With luck, this might be a trend.
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Friday, October 06, 2017

Friday Moose Blogging

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Moose continue to be a major news item. In Calgary, Alberta, they like to use public transit . Meanwhile, a popular pastime among mot...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2017

How to Be a Demagogue

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If you're hoping to become a demagogue --- that is, one who "seeks support by appealing to popular desires and prejudices rather ...
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Friday, September 22, 2017

BC Sisters Kill Two Moose with Their Cars

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...according to the National Post .
Saturday, September 16, 2017

Cross Orbweaver

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I don't claim to be an entomologist, but I am pretty sure this is Araneus diadematus , the Cross Orbweaver. It's not native to Ca...
Saturday, September 09, 2017

Are Religious Beliefs Really Off Limits for Voters?

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Consider this letter from the President of Princeton University, Christopher Eisgruber. I am not persuaded at all by these arguments. ...
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Robert Marks Anniversary: Three Years Later, Still Evading

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Three years after I first asked him, the illustrious Robert J. Marks II, intelligent design advocate and professor at Baylor University, i...
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