Category Archives: antiscience

Knees up, Mother Earth

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Chris Rowan

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 →

Categories: antiscience, bloggery

ID out in Britain’s educational cold, but what of South Africa?

Posted on October 1, 2007 by Chris Rowan

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 →

Categories: antiscience

Sorry creationists: rocks just aren’t that coy about their age

Posted on September 18, 2007 by Chris Rowan

and they’re not embarrassed about being a few billion.
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Categories: antiscience, deep time

Phases of belief

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Chris Rowan

Old but possibly still interesting thoughts on the ‘meanie atheist’ debate
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Categories: antiscience, public science

Am I missing something?

Posted on June 26, 2007 by Chris Rowan

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.

Categories: antiscience, public science