All you need to know about ID
The only real controversy in the scientific community surrounding ID is whether it is non-science, bad science or pseudo-science.
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July 31st, 2010 | Category: scienceThe winner of Australia’s National Science Week Big Blog Theory science blogging competition was announced yesterday, and the prize, via popular vote, went to Bec Crew from the wonderful blog Save Your Breath For Running Ponies.
SYBFRP (pronounced: s-eye-b f-er-p – it’s much easier than saying “Running Ponies”, trust me) is a consistently funny and excellently-written blog about zoology. I’ve only been reading it for a little while, but I can easily say that it deserved to be named Australia’s best science blog and, by extension, Bec Australia’s best science blogger.
Some of the Science Week press release:
Ms Crew, who is based in Sydney and has been blogging [...]
July 29th, 2010 | Category: tabletop transitionals
Dinosaur Comics has a strange blend of characteristics. At once it is both surreal and grounded in reality, detached yet ever-present, and often the lessons taught and the experiences noted of the green, clip-art main character resonate with its audience. But what makes the same six panels of artwork so engaging week in, week out? We may never know.
What we do know, however, is that dinosaurs are endlessly entertaining.
I think we all learnt something pretty special just now. Cherish it.
Intelligent design news from the 20th of July to the 27th of July, 2010.
Another week of slow news from the world of intelligent design, with much cross-posting from the Discovery Institute amongst its many blogs, probably to make it seem like they had more things to talk about than they did. A useful tactic, I’m sure. Perhaps we skeptics should try it some time? Let’s all just re-blog the same post for a few days and see if anyone notices. I bet they won’t.
So, this week I’ll be laying into a few meaty blog posts like usual, but I’ll also add on at the end some quick links to less important posts that don’t require quite so much attention. It’ll make the experience more… comprehensive and fulfilling. Probably.
» Continue reading “This Week in Intelligent Design – 27/07/10″
July 27th, 2010 | Category: evolutionWhat’s this? Science blogging on Pharyngula? I never thought I’d see the day when PZ Myers blogged about science!
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I’m kidding, but it is true that most of his posts aren’t strictly about science, and when they are they’re usually not educational on any meaningful level. This is probably due to the sheer volume of posts he churns out – he can’t write educational pieces about science for every post – however, when he does get around to clarifying a scientific issue, usually biological in nature, he always writes fantastically, which this most recent example about the evolutionary process demonstrates.
In summary, PZ explains why the basic concept [...]
July 26th, 2010 | Category: creationismOver at the Young Australian Skeptics, Hanster7705 has written a post about their recent experience with creationism at their semi-private high school, where young-earth creationist Mark Harwood (from Creation Ministries) gave a talk during a regular chapel service. Because, you know, his Ph.D in satellite engineering qualifies him to speak to school children about evolutionary biology. Of course.
Oh yes, creationism is alive and well in Australia, and even though it’s not as widespread as in the US, it’s still a serious problem. The solution? Better science education! Schools need to promote science more, to engage children with the wonders of evolutionary theory. Most people think that it’s a [...]
July 23rd, 2010 | Category: tabletop transitionals
It’s arrived, the sequel to my favourite Internet musical of all time – A Very Potter Musical! Not familiar with the brilliance that is everyone’s favourite Harry Potter fan parody musical? Check out this video (and all subsequent videos), then report back.
But AVPM’s sequel, A Very Potter Sequel, is finally here! And it’s great! So great! Watch! Watch!
Here’s Act 1, Part 1 for your viewing delight:
You can watch the rest of the musical here.
In other news, today’s the last day for you to vote for Homologous Legs in the Big Blog Theory. Thanks to all who have voted so far, it means [...]
July 21st, 2010 | Category: podcastAnother installment of the Pseudo Scientists (the official podcast of the Young Australian Skeptics) Mini Series has been released for your listening pleasure.
In this episode, Elliot and Richard discuss the recent news about the Australian Vaccination Network’s HCCC complaint and the new Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, while Jason asks the people of Melbourne for their thoughts on our new PM’s atheism in On the Street.
What are you waiting for? Pull out your computer’s media player, and start downloading.
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As some of you may know, Season 2 of the Pseudo Scientists podcast is currently on hiatus. What you might not know is that it’s primarily due [...]
July 21st, 2010 | Category: tabletop transitionals
Mmm, Grizzly Bear, one of my favourite bands. Their music defies labels (as does most of the music I like, because I might be an indie music snob, just maybe) and it’s wonderful to listen to. Here are a couple of their live performances on TV.
Enjoy.
July 20th, 2010 | Category: miscellaneousThe recent PepsiGate scandal, which I haven’t blogged about because, well, it doesn’t really concern me, has claimed another well known ScienceBlogs blogger. Bora Zivkovic, from A Blog Around The Clock, has just announced that he’s leaving the influential science blogging website.
The fact that he’s leaving is sad, and it may spell the beginning of the end for ScienceBlogs’s empire, but in and of itself it’s not especially interesting: after all, people have been leaving ScienceBlogs for weeks now. No, the thing that is interesting about Bora’s case is what he left the science blogging community as a parting gift – an epic blog post about the history [...]
July 20th, 2010 | Category: youtubeI’ve finally made another YouTube video! This one directly targets a video that the Discovery Institute recently released featuring Stephen C. Meyer going on and on about the scientific nature of intelligent design (or what he calls the “design hypothesis”). I hope you find it educational – if you do, consider passing it on to others that you know online, if you feel that they would benefit from watching it.
(Apparently my Australian accent would be considered attractive by most American heterosexual females, according to some sources. I’m not sure whether I should be surprised by this or not.)
You can subscribe to my YouTube channel here. Feel [...]
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Homologous Legs is the blog of Naon Tiotami (aka. Jack Scanlan), an Australian undergraduate biology student who has a serious problem with creationists, intelligent design proponents and anyone else who misrepresents the science of evolutionary biology.
Here you can find rebuttals to articles found on various high-profile creationist and intelligent design websites, news about the creation/evolution "war", and mostly coherent thoughts from an 18 year-old, music-loving student. Contact
jacksca(at)gmail(dot)com
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