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Category Archives: antiscience
Ye gods…
There’s geovandalism – and then there’s sheer f***ing insanity. Thousands of pre-dinosaur fossils are scattered in the rocks of the Guryul ravine, rated by geologists as the world’s premier site for the study of species from the Permian period (299-251 … Continue reading
Creation geologists: going forward to the past
This NY Times account of the “First Conference in Creation Geology” should ring a few bells, because I blogged about it way back at the beginning of September. Take that, mainstream media. As I said at the time, the idea … Continue reading
Is ‘I don’t have an opinion on AGW’ a valid scientific position?
In amongst the sound and fury which accompanied last week’s fight to the death between Phil Plait’s Bad Astronomy and Steve McIntyre’s Climate Audit in the 2007 Weblog Awards (which was eventually declared a draw), I noticed an interesting attitude … Continue reading
South African creationists: out, proud and part of the teaching staff
A few weeks ago, I was wondering about the attitudes to the teaching of evolution here in South Africa – it’s now in the curriculum, but in a form which sounds disturbingly familiar to those of us who have encountered … Continue reading
Knees up, Mother Earth
How could I forget the Earth’s birthday? For a geologist, I’m fairly sure that’s an unforgivable sin. Of course, October the 23rd only has geochronological significance if you believe the biblical calculations of Archbishop Ussher (or possibly one of his … Continue reading
ID out in Britain’s educational cold, but what of South Africa?
Good news for those of use who believe that what little British schoolchildren get taught in science classes nowadays should actually vaguely resemble science – here’s some choice quotes from some new guidelines (hat-tip to the Panda’s Thumb) regarding the … Continue reading
Sorry creationists: rocks just aren’t that coy about their age
and they’re not embarrassed about being a few billion.
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Phases of belief
Old but possibly still interesting thoughts on the ‘meanie atheist’ debate
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Am I missing something?
I’m naturally as pleased as the next geologist (or biologist, or philosopher) to see a strong anti-ID statement from the UK government. But didn’t we sort out this nonsense last year? Any updates from UK readers would be appreciated.
