The latest edition of the Tangled Bank is now online rENNISance woman.
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More Expelled antics
Posted on April 16, 2008 by Ian
Abbie reports on the latest developments related to Expelled
But I kept getting emails from people “I know Ive seen that other stuff before!” “Students who plagairize dont just use one source– I bet EXPELLED people used something other than ‘Inner Life’ too.” But I ignored those people. I was like “HAHAHAHAHA! DI Fellows are stupid [...]
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Questions for Ben Stein
Posted on April 16, 2008 by Ian
Ken Perrott was recently approached by Stacy Schlicht of Rogers & Cowan (who are handling publicity for Expelled) and offered a chance to interview Ben Stein. That offer then turned into a teleconference and journalists were invited to submit five questions. After Perrott submitted his questions the teleconference was postponed to April 18, [...]
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Phylogenetic fallacies
Posted on April 16, 2008 by Ian
T. Ryan Gregory has a pair of “must read” articles over at Genomicron
Phylogenetic fallacies: “early branching equals primitive”
Phylogenetic fallacies: “branching from a main line”
If you aren’t too sure about how to read phylogenetic trees, then these articles are for you. If you understand them, they’re still well worth reading.
And here’s a third that fits [...]
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