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ADL reiterates its support of evolution educationIn a statement submitted to the platform committees of both the Democratic National Committee and the Republican National Committee, the Anti-Defamation League reiterated its position on creationism and ...
Source : topix.net | 24-Jul-2008 14:00
Irony, thy name is Conservapedia.
Or, the thoughts of several frustrated intellectuals on Sociology, Gaming, Science, Politics, Science Fiction, Religion, and whatever the hell else strikes their fancy.
Source : topix.net | 24-Jul-2008 05:46
Is "Evolution" a "Theory" or "Fact," or Is This Just a Trivial Game of Semantics? (Part 1)
Is "Evolution" a "Theory" or "Fact," or Is This Just a Trivial Game of Semantics? Many members of the general public who are skeptics of Darwinian evolution are intelligent people with a decent understanding of ...
there is also a second part here: http://www.evolutionnews.org/2008/07/is_evolution_a_theory_or_fact_1.html
Source : topix.net | 22-Jul-2008 18:59
"The Devil in Dover" by Lauri Lebo Review
For those of you who like a quick and dirty review -- Excellent Book!
It's that understanding of character that has me place this book well above the other two I have read on the trial. I enjoyed the legal machinations in "40 days and 40 nights"by Matthew Chapman and the more extensive coverage of how Dover fits into the larger Evolution/Creationism debate in Edward Humes "Monkey Girl", but the personal nature of the characterizations Lebo describes really brought the trial home for me.
Source : topix.net | 21-Jul-2008 15:43
Recent study analyzes teachers' views on intelligent design
Adam Allshouse saw the effects teaching intelligent design can have firsthand when his senior high's school board mandated the theory be taught.
Source : topix.net | 20-Jul-2008 23:57
Krauthammer on Intelligent Design: Phony Theory, False Conflict
I was browsing through Charles Krauthammer's columns today, and discovered this excellent piece on the Kitzmiller case , and the pseudo-scientific claptrap promoted by the Discovery Institute: Phony Theory, ...
Source : topix.net | 19-Jul-2008 23:53
NCSE Resource -- The third issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach
The third issue of Evolution: Education and Outreach -- the new journal which aims to promote accurate understanding and comprehensive teaching of evolutionary theory for a wide audience -- is now available.
Source : topix.net | 18-Jul-2008 21:24
Information Design + Politics = WIN
Sean Tevis Takes On Intelligent Designer with Some Intelligent Design of His Own... Sean Tevis is running for State Representative in Kansas, against an opponent he describes as a proponent of intelligent ...
Source : topix.net | 18-Jul-2008 21:15
Attack of the Super-Intelligent Purple Space Squid Creators
Incautiously, Dawkins brings up the idea that aliens might have seeded life on earth; so-called directed panspermia.
Source : topix.net | 17-Jul-2008 20:50
Lets Get Rid of Darwinism
July 15, 2008, 6:48 pm Let's Get Rid of Darwinism Charles Darwin was a giant. He did not merely write "On the Origin of Species" - ' one of the most important books ever written by anyone . . . Why is this a problem? Because it's all grossly misleading. It suggests that Darwin was the beginning and the end, the alpha and omega, of evolutionary biology, and that the subject hasn't changed much in the 149 years since the publication of the "Origin." He wasn't, and it has.
Source : topix.net | 16-Jul-2008 15:23
Evolution & Extinction
Here is an interesting article on extinction and also a bunch of great educational links for people wanted to get a better handle on Evolution and Charles Darwin. I would recommend this article and the links to anyone.
"Evolution has provided the Earth with an awe-inspiring inventory of species to research and conserve for future generations. In fact, as you will discover in this lesson, species are often surprisingly related. You will also investigate the theories of Charles Darwin and the variety of factors and forces that have shaped the nature of life."
Source : topix.net | 15-Jul-2008 21:30
Did Humans Colonize the World by Boat?
Evidence of human migration by boat. A 32,000 year old skeleton found on Okinawa. Evidence of man in Australia and off the coast of California 12,000 years ago. While the Land Bridges almost certainly happened during the ice ages, but has man been traveling long distances by boat well before them? Interesting stuff.
Source : topix.net | 14-Jul-2008 16:16
Does Intelligent Design Seek to Undo Modern Science?
Biologist Kenneth Miller thinks so. published online July 11, 2008 The proponents of Intelligent Design seek nothing less than a true scientific revolution, an uprising of the first order that would do a great ...
Source : topix.net | 14-Jul-2008 00:44
Creationist Science Teacher Who Burned Crosses Into Students Flesh:...
"At a contentious public meeting in Mount Vernon, Ohio, the district school board scheduled a hearing on whether to fire teacher John Freshwater.
Source : topix.net | 13-Jul-2008 00:36
Would Darwin Censor Intelligent Design?
Some people are fanatics. I thought those opposed to "teaching evolution" were fanatics when I was in high school in Tennessee where the Scopes Law was still on the books and there was periodic agitation to ...
Source : topix.net | 12-Jul-2008 04:25
Harry Shearer: Bobby Jindal, the Ball is In Your Courts
Aside from his recent 180 on the recent legislative pay raise bill , Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's honeymoon period has been most severely damaged by his support of a bill allowing "scientific criticism" of ...
Source : topix.net | 11-Jul-2008 09:46
Odd Fish Find Contradicts Intelligent-Design Argument
The discovery of a missing link in the evolution of bizarre flatfishes - each of which has both eyes on the same side of its head - could give intelligent design advocates a sinking feeling.
Source : topix.net | 10-Jul-2008 09:29
Blog: Faith, politics and the engineer
Intelligent design. Climate change. War. These are just a few topics where we engineers often fall short.
Source : topix.net | 10-Jul-2008 01:25
Evolutionists fear academic freedom
Celebrate the courage of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal in the fight for freedom. He has shown tremendous courage in signing the Louisiana Science Education Bill, an important blow for academic freedom.
Source : topix.net | 09-Jul-2008 21:10
The Darwin Conspiracy
Sometimes you just have to sit and stare dumbfounded at the appalling stupidity creationists will state with absolute conviction. Here's an example that will leave you awestruck, too: a site that declares there is a Darwin conspiracy, and cites three fatal flaws that they claim conclusively prove that evolution is wrong.
Source : topix.net | 08-Jul-2008 14:37
MWC News - A Site Without Borders - - Evolution: The Answer to All Questions
Evolution, in fact, provides the soundest and most stable basis for just about every progressive environmental position, and in the end for the most ethical. The common origin of all forms of life and the evolutionary relationships that have evolved into a stunning ecological complexity should compel us to place the preservation of the evolutionary process at the center of all our efforts. The preservation of these relationships and of biodiversity is arguably the highest moral consciousness and responsibility of which humans are capable. That religious leaders fail to recognize may explain why they continue to flail and flounder in addressing humanity's dilemma.
Source : topix.net | 08-Jul-2008 14:00
Mother Goose & Grimm on Darwin
Just something funny to start the week! It does make you wonder what would happen if some of the most creative people from the past were alive today. I mean would we support a deaf composer or a home-schooled presidential candidate?
Source : topix.net | 07-Jul-2008 14:17
Gary Marcus: Unintelligent Design
Lost amid all the recent discussions of intelligent design -- including Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal's decision this past Friday to sign a bill that allows teachers in his state to "supplement" classes on ...
Source : topix.net | 07-Jul-2008 11:13
Fired Texas Education Agency Science Chief Files Lawsuit, Alleges...
This week, Comer filed suit against the Texas Education Agency and Education Commissioner Robert Scott alleging she was fired over the forwarding of an email about a lecture critical of the movement to promote ...
Source : topix.net | 06-Jul-2008 11:09
Raging Debate: Does Charles Darwin Need To Be Saved?
If you've been following the battle, you might be inclined to believe that Americans are faced with a choice between believing in God and scientific fact.
Source : topix.net | 06-Jul-2008 03:09
Bobby Jindal Objects to Correctness, Political or Otherwise
Bobby Jindal, Republican Governor from Louisiana, is rumored to be near or at the top of the McCain Vice President list.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jul-2008 18:51
The Defeat of 'Intelligent Design' in Pennsylvania
Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District is a landmark case in the 150-Year Creationism War.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jul-2008 10:30
Faith, politics, and the engineer
Intelligent design. Climate change. War. These are just a few topics where we engineers often fall short.
Source : topix.net | 05-Jul-2008 05:54
LA Governor Signs Controversial Science Education Act
More than two decades after the Supreme Court shot down a Louisiana law that mandated equal time in science classroom for biblical creationism and the scientific theory of evolution, the state's governor Bobby ...
Source : topix.net | 05-Jul-2008 01:21
Former science director sues Texas over intelligent design e-mail
Christine Comer, former director of the science curriculum for the Texas Education Agency , is suing the Commissioner Robert Scott for wrongful dismissal.
Source : topix.net | 04-Jul-2008 20:42
Former state science director sues over intelligent design e-mail
A former state science curriculum director on Wednesday sued the Texas Education Agency and Education Commissioner Robert Scott, alleging she was illegally fired for forwarding an e-mail about a lecture ...
| Denton Record-Chronicle | News for Denton County, Texas | Texas SouthwestSource : topix.net | 03-Jul-2008 16:38
Channel 4 - News - Fighting the evolution war
One hundred and fifty years after the evolution theory, More4 News finds in a few schools, the evolution battle is far from won.
Source : topix.net | 02-Jul-2008 21:05
Conservapedia has a little hangup over evolution
The "much-needed alternative" to Wikipedia gets a bit stuckist over bacterial evolution.
You may recall the launch of Conservapedia.com back in March 2007, founded by American religious activists (a styling that we always like; has anything ever been done by a non-activist?) who asserted that Wikipedia was "increasingly anti-Christian and anti-American".
Source : topix.net | 02-Jul-2008 19:38
Bobby Jindal Signs Law Allowing Intelligent Design in Louisiana Schools
Bobby Jindal. The Louisiana Science Education Act now allows teachers to supplement the state's curricula with additional scientific materials, but groups opposed to any debate over the "origin of the species" ...
Source : topix.net | 02-Jul-2008 15:26
More Stealth Creationism in Texas
At New Scientist, Lawrence Krauss looks at another attempt by the Discovery Institute to push "intelligent design" pseudo-science into classrooms, this time in Texas: Commentary: Stop creationists undermining ...
Source : topix.net | 02-Jul-2008 07:11
Christians challenge teaching of evolution
A Christian group promoting intelligent design theory over evolution has sent teaching material to schools that critics say is religious propaganda and sloppy pseudoscience.
Source : topix.net | 01-Jul-2008 22:54
The Discovery Institute's 'Wedge Strategy'
This is important background information on the Discovery Institute, the main hub of the repackaged creationism that's been dubbed "intelligent design." The Wedge Strategy is an internal Discovery Institute ...
Source : topix.net | 01-Jul-2008 14:43
Bobby Jindal Under Fire for Pay Raises
We've had a few contentious posts recently about Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal's support for the "intelligent design" hoax, and the stealth creationist bill recently passed by the LA legislature, but the ...
Source : topix.net | 01-Jul-2008 10:25
Joining GOP's Bold March Backwards, Bobby Jindal & Louisiania...
Posted by Bruce Wilson , Talk To Action at 11:00 AM on June 27, 2008. Law Will Allow Insertion Of Religion, Posing As Science, Into Public School Science Class Discussions On Evolution, cloning and global ...
Source : topix.net | 01-Jul-2008 06:06
Scene @ The Devil in Dover Book Party
Laurie Lebo breaks away from her conversation with publicist Bec Zajac at the party New Press threw in their offices Tuesday night to celebrate the publication of The Devil in Dover , Lebo's behind-the-scenes ...
Source : topix.net | 29-Jun-2008 13:31
Creationists push for critical thinking
Massimo Pigliucci is Professor in the Departments of Ecology & Evolution and of Philosophy at Stony Brook University, NY.
Source : topix.net | 27-Jun-2008 13:13
It's all fun and games until a teacher starts burning crosses onto students' arms
First Amendment law is pretty unambiguous about where the church-state line in drawn in public school classrooms, which is why it's disappointing to hear about teachers who continue to impose their religious ...
Source : topix.net | 25-Jun-2008 12:59
Science is not philosophy
You have to admire the integrity of conspiracy theories. They're great Mobius strips of self-contained false reasoning and evidence able to contort to meet any external challenge to the perfection of their ...
Source : topix.net | 23-Jun-2008 12:57
Kenneth Miller - Intelligent Design
Kenneth Miller compares advocates of intelligent design to welfare queens waiting for the government to give them a handout.
Source : topix.net | 22-Jun-2008 07:21
Evolution advocates blast science bills
Teachers should not be prevented from discussing alternative views of evolution, global warming and other controversial topics in their science classes, according to a bill backed by some local lawmakers.
Source : topix.net | 20-Jun-2008 07:20
Should Schools Teach Evolution or Intelligent Design in Schools
The current debate is whether schools should teach evolution or religion in schools.
Source : topix.net | 18-Jun-2008 07:15