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Comment on USAF plans to create zombies for use in warfare by Ian

Ian — Wed, 14 May 2008 05:24:32 +0000

Interesting. I still don’t trust them

Comment on USAF plans to create zombies for use in warfare by Joshua Zelinsky

Joshua Zelinsky — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:18:52 +0000

Good news, someone tracked down the original USAF proposal. What they meant by civilian computers were computers in other parts of the US government. The proposal explicitly says they won’t secretly infect machines.

Comment on Maine school board: teach creationism or drop evolution by Another school district’s assault on science « Allusions of Grandeur

Another school district’s assault on science « Allusions of Grandeur — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:04:24 +0000

[...] school district’s assault on science The blogs are ablaze with a school district in Maine whose director wants evolution expelled from the curriculum. [...]

Comment on Maine school board: teach creationism or drop evolution by mark

mark — Mon, 12 May 2008 18:11:36 +0000

I’m headed for Maine in a couple of weeks. Maybe I should be looking for the loons in Athens instead of on Moosehead Lake–they’re probably loonier in town.

Comment on Maine school board: teach creationism or drop evolution by Joshua Zelinsky

Joshua Zelinsky — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:45:14 +0000

Frankly, the most disturbing thing about this is that it is occurring North of even where I am. If this is happening in the North East of the United States that gives a real indication about how bad it is in general (although Maine is definitely more backwoodsish than say Massachusetts or Connecticut).

Comment on American public turning against science? by Joshua Zelinsky

Joshua Zelinsky — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:42:42 +0000

Ian, the problems with the American public and science are getting more serious. See for example my most recent blog entry.

Comment on American public turning against science? by mark

mark — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:56:59 +0000

It’s not just evolution (and physics, and geology and… but includes the “dismal science” of economics. Hilary Clinton’s response when asked about the opinions of all those economists who disagreed with her stand on a “gas tax holiday” was something to the effect of “who cares what those people who have been studying the subject for many years think?”

Comment on Belated first Blogversary by Laelaps

Laelaps — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:56:35 +0000

Happy belated blogiversary!

Comment on Must read: Josh Rosenau on Ben Stein by American public turning against science? « Further thoughts

American public turning against science? « Further thoughts — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:28:16 +0000

[...] hope is that Stein has overplayed his hand when he said that science leads to murder. But most of the people he may have reached with the [...]

Comment on A remarkable new palm from Madagascar by palm tree pictures

palm tree pictures — Thu, 08 May 2008 13:14:58 +0000

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