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Evolutionary biologists have determined that the most influential factor in human evolution in the past ten thousand years is human culture itself. Raising cattle has let us drink milk, living in houses has made our skeletons lighter, and Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” will make the next generation deaf. Yesterday Page brought your attention to this New York Times story about the hardship being put on John Freshwater: an innocent scientist who just wants to have the right to have his bible on his desk and teach creationism. Okay, that’s not completely true. He just wants to teach that kids shouldn’t trust evolution and [...] This is totally proof of… something I was cruising around the mighty internet when I found an article about Sarah Palin and Creationism over at the Atlantic. There’s not much to talk about here. Yeah, she’s a creationist, we’ve known it for a while, and the fact that America almost put such a [...] Who's the woman that can tell you why evolution is science and God creating the banana isn't? SCOTT! You're damn right. There’s a man out there named Dan Gilgoff who publishes a blog for US News and World Report called “God & Country.” The blog is, as you may be able to guess [...] I Want You: To join me in poorly educating my civilians It’s tough sometimes, being an American. Sure, we have a bit more money and a couple more bombs than anyone else in the world, but on some issues, I feel like we’re just that little bit inadequate. Like… evolution. It seems that our little [...] I learned about QualiaSoup’s You Tube Channel from a post on Massimo Pigliucci’s blog Rationally Speaking. I think that this video on evolution is not to be missed, so I wanted to embed it here: He has lots of other terrific clips, and has gained a bit of renoun for his straighforward manner and lovely illustrations. [...] I have no objection, in principle, to celebrities using their bully pulpits to push whatever cause they like. If I were a wealthy, gorgeous, powerful individual with millions of people following my every move, I would do everything I could to bend the teeming masses to my will. What depresses me is how many of [...] |
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