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Fat Studies: Joelle Ruby Ryan profile of a fat scholar and supposed investigator.

Every so often here a "investigation" by one Curtis Hinkle and the "transgender and intersexed community" will be cited. What about the people who did the investigating? Those anonymous members of the "transgender and intersexed" community. What they ar ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Sep 28 2009 - 12:36pm - 0 attachments

Conversation With A Modern Creationist

Many scientists have expressed the belief that if they only had a chance to explain the facts, they could convince intelligent educated people (at least) of the validity of a neo-Darwinian approach to understanding life. As the following email exchange ...

Article - Lee Silver - Jun 4 2008 - 1:40pm - 0 attachments

12-21-2012 What are Your Predictions? The Cosmic Vagina

Hey if were around I think a party is in order. To steal from Prince, party like is December 21, 2012.  Well I predict if the universe is lined up we could have unusual ocean tides from abnormal gravity. But it probably will be just another day. Be ...

Blog Post - Russell Ade - Nov 28 2009 - 12:23am - 0 attachments

The Missing Link Fallacy

The comments thread for an article that I wrote a couple of weeks ago has suddenly been swamped by the replies of a young-earth creationist. Perhaps I should have expected it, with an article about hoaxed fossils. He presents an orgy of anecdotes that ...

Article - Oliver Knevitt - Feb 3 2011 - 6:57am - 0 attachments

T. Rex Ate Coconuts

A new museum in Petersburg, Kentucky greets visitors with a 20ft tall tumbling waterfall and at its base, mannequins of frolicking children play amongst dinosaurs. The Creation Museum, which cost $25 million to build, is home to many unusual si ...

Article - Sarda Sahney - Jun 11 2007 - 11:02am - 0 attachments

SUSY: A Matter Of Prior Beliefs

In this sorry age for Supersymmetry (SUSY) phenomenologists, it is quite easy to step on an aching toe while discussing the results of the Large Hadron Collider experiments, whose results have let these physicists down by excluding the presence of SUSY wh ...

Article - Tommaso Dorigo - May 14 2012 - 4:58am - 0 attachments

Dark Energy: Is The Theory Of Gravity Wrong?

Ten years ago, astronomers made the stunning discovery that the universe is expanding at a faster pace today than it did in the past. “Explaining why the expansion of the Universe is currently accelerating is certainly the most fascinating question ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 30 2008 - 2:26pm - 1 attachment

Individualism And The Concept Of Rights

Well over a year ago, someone asked for a response to the following quote from Ayn Rand .  I suspect this was largely due to the idea that such a view of individualism would be difficult to refute and consequently establish its legitimacy.  S ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Dec 12 2011 - 1:57am - 0 attachments

Electromagnetic Effects on Water

Research From Dr. Masaru Emoto, says that if human thoughts are directed at water before it is frozen, images of the resulting water crystals will be beautiful or ugly depending upon whether the thoughts were positive or negative. Emoto claims this ca ...

Blog Post - Henry Cox - Mar 11 2010 - 6:48pm - 0 attachments

Sticks and Stones May Break Your Bones, But Words Will Really Put You In Trouble

That is what Hamza Kashgari, a 23 years old reporter and poet from Saudi Arabia, is realizing the hard way. He used twitter to write a poetic "dialogue" with prophet Muhammad, and this was enough to get him condemned to death by the salafi sheikhs. Hamza ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Feb 11 2012 - 5:40pm - 0 attachments