Enough is Enough: A Thinking Ape’s Critique of Trans-Simianism
Aaron Diaz Dresden Codak
Posted: Dec 16, 2007
The following was taken from a cave wall painting in southern Tunisia more than 300,000 years ago. Fossil evidence suggests that the author was of the species Homo erectus.
The folks at the National Academy of Sciences have put together a book titled Science, Evolution, and Creationism which looks to be a much needed resource for all the evolution deniers out there (if you can get them to read a book). They’re offering to sell you a copy or you can download a free . . . → Read More: “Science, Evolution, and Creationism” available for free.
I’m not a big fan of The View and haven’t been ever since former host Star Jones publicly derided atheists and said she’d never vote for one. So it shouldn’t be any surprise to me to find out that yet another host of the show is an idiot. This time it’s Sherri Shephard who starts . . . → Read More: Sherri Shephard of “The View” doesn’t know if the world if flat or not.
Got an email this morning from someone upset with one of the many entries I’ve written about “Dr.” Kent Hovind. I”m assuming, based on the content, that it was one of the entries about Hovind’s trial for tax evasion. Here’s the email with my reply:
I’m browsing through the Techdirt blog this evening and I come across an entry titled On The Stupidity Of Blocking Firefox Users:
Ferin alerts us to a story at Slashdot about some new campaign among some websites to block Firefox users. To be honest, it’s tough to know how real this is. The actual site . . . → Read More: Religious Fundy has his own crusade against Mozilla Firefox.
Big news in the realm of biology as scientists have successfully performed a “species transplant” turning one bacteria into another one. The technique used in this experiment will be key in the creation of artificial life:
Since the 1970s, scientists have moved genes – instructions to make proteins – between different organisms.
The results from the latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll on Evolution continue the trend of idiocy in this country on the topic of Evolution.
“Evolution, that is, the idea that human beings developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life” is probably or definitely false: 44% “Creationism, that is, the idea that God . . . → Read More: Latest Gallop Poll says nearly half of Americans are idiots.
At the recent Republican debate, three out of ten Republican candidates stated that they did not believe in evolution. This reflects a larger ignorance of science. I have a very simple idea to combat the Stoopid for bloggers who don’t think of themselves as ‘science’ . . . → Read More: Fight the Stupid: Link to five science posts a week.
Hadn’t heard of Chuck Missler until I came across this video, but apparently he’s a businessman turned preacher who started the Koinonia House ministry in 1973. In the following video clip he argues that if Evolution were true then he should, on occasion, open up a jar of peanut butter and discover new life. Yes, . . . → Read More: Chuck Missler disproves Evolution with a jar of peanut butter.
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