I don’t usually go for interblog communications or linkery, much, but every now and then I notice something interesting shaping up via my Google Reader feed. First I noticed that the official blog of the Discovery Institute (ironically named “Evolution News & Views”) had an item where they seemed to be following evolutionary biologist PZ Myers’ movements very closely and accusing him of secretly espousing eugenics. And then Myers responded thusly with Pharyngula: Egnor loses it, again. I’m reading both blogs because at Holy Moly, we’ll be discussing evolution and creationism and the “Intelligent Design” in the adult forum for…
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While commenting at a well-known science blog, I was casting around for some background on the science of dating things by counting tree rings – AKA dendrochronology. Yes, the Intelligent Design crowd also attempts to refute any scientific discipline that threatens the Genesis story. And they have a website full of talking points: Tree ring dating (dendrochronology)
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Oh boy! I hardly ever participate in memes, but this one I’ll take a stab at. 1. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s and father’s middle names): Elizabeth Carver 2. NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother’s dad, father’s dad): Charles Clayton 3. STAR WARS NAME: (the first 2 letters of your last name, first 4 letters of your first name): Gi-Ginn 4. DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal): Lavender Lynx 5. SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you live): Elaine Hoffman 6. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite alcoholic drink, optionally add “THE” to the beginning): The Green Irish Cream…