Creationism Propaganda For Children

Some footage of wholly expected and routine, but nonetheless wince-inducing, brainwashing: Your Thoughts?

Michael Shermer’s “Baloney Detection Kit”

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The Story Of Human Rights

A really well made video: The website. Your Thoughts?

Faith Killings In Oregon

Anderson Cooper reports: Your Thoughts?

Just How Intelligent Are WE Anyway?

Earlier, I quoted some of Greg Mayer’s ruminations with some students on whether or not alien forms of intelligent life would even recognize us as intelligent life.  In reply, on Facebook, John suggested Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s argument on the matter is decisive: Your Thoughts?

Would Aliens Realize We Were Intelligent?

Greg Mayer, as part of a charming larger piece, relates a back and forth he had with some students a few days ago on whether or to what extent we and alien intelligent life forms would be able to identify each other as intelligent life forms: I mentioned to the students that I’d seen a great [...]

The Simpsons On South Park’s Mohammed Depiction Problem

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The Machiavellian Politics Of Immigration Reform

This speculation as to the Democrats’ game plan for working on immigration reform while simultaneously having some of them campaign against it indicates a really intriguing (and partially disingenuous, demagogic, and race-baiting) strategy: The Democrats reason that, the politics of immigration being what they are, getting an actual bill through Congress by November is not likely. (Graham understands [...]

The Holy Ghost Hokey Pokey

When I first heard of this, I thought it would go under the heading of “daily hilarity”, but while it is funny in theory, it’s actually sad to watch wounded people—literally physically wounded people—make such utter fools of themselves at the hands of exploitative charlatan “faith healers”: The video’s poster, more sympathetic to Christianity than [...]