Out in some states in the western US, places where sparse plants compete with rock and Star Trek villains for attention, there can be found a thin grey line between sedimentary layers. This line, an abrupt change in the composition of the sandwiching rock above and below, is a visible remnant of one of [...]
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March 9th, 2014 | Tags: Chicxulub, Deccan Traps, K-Pg boundary, KT boundary | Category: Nature, Reference, Science & Evolution |
 Leave a commentA few years back, there was a topic of discussion in “skeptical circles” (meaning some blogs and forums that featured critical thinking discussions fairly frequently) regarding the lack of female attendees at various skeptical conventions and meetups – most especially, the lack of female speakers. Actually, such discussions may be still be taking place, [...] February 28th, 2014 | Tags: assumptions, jumping to conclusions, misinterpretation, sexism, solid data | Category: Critical Thinking, Reference, Science & Evolution |
Leave a commentThis is another after-effect of the debate I mentioned earlier, and is closely related to the comments I made therein. The image here is one of those shamelessly forwarded, reposted, and unattributed “memes” that can be found everywhere, and I feature it reluctantly because the photos therein are always unattributed and usually lifted without [...] February 13th, 2014 | Tags: babies learn a hell of a lot faster though, Bill Nye, how close do you stand?, Ken Ham, the lady doth protest, young-earth creationism | Category: Continued from other blogs, Critical Thinking, Reference, Science & Evolution |
Leave a comment[Believe it or not, this post has sat in draft form in the system since I started it in April 2013 - it never seemed to fit in among other posts that well. So it gets to appear now as a Darwin Day post while photography has hit the winter slump. There's still a [...] February 12th, 2014 | Tags: amber, but he had no clue what Chaos Theory is, fossilization, fossils, resin | Category: Nature, Photography, Science & Evolution |
Leave a commentI’m skipping a lot of backstory here, because after a lot of typing I realized it doesn’t add anything useful. So, short version: at a recent science-versus-religion debate, some triumphant creationists were invited to pose questions to all those who believe in evolution. I have long ago blocked the site that posted them for [...] February 7th, 2014 | Tags: just a theory, no transitional forms, one of us gooble gobble, parading ignorance, second law of thermodynamics disproves evolution, why are there still monkeys? | Category: Continued from other blogs, Science & Evolution |
Leave a commentIf there is one book that I recommend to everybody, regardless, it’s Demon Haunted World, the most efficient, readable, and interesting book to promote critical thinking that I’ve ever come across. But underneath this pursuit lies a curious question: why there is an apparent deficit in critical thinking in the first place. How the [...] February 4th, 2014 | Tags: behavior, bias, cognition, evolved behavior, How the Mind Works, human nature, instincts, Steven Pinker, subconscious influence | Category: Book Review, Critical Thinking, Science & Evolution |
Leave a commentThere’s a method of presenting information that I see way too much of, from writers and educators that really should know better, and I can’t help but believe it’s doing more harm than good. I’ve probably used it a few too many times myself, but now I’m going to be aware of it and [...] January 17th, 2014 | Tags: genes, intent, misleading langauge, natural selection, probability, tendency, The Selfish Gene | Category: Nature, Reference, Science & Evolution |
Leave a commentI’m the middle of a book that will be reviewed here upon completion (well, not right here, but up above somewhere,) and in the meantime, I keep running across thought-provoking content that I want to expand upon. I haven’t been taking notes, preferring instead to keep moving forward on the book, because it’s been [...] January 10th, 2014 | Tags: emotions, environment, evolved behavior, extraterrestrial life, intelligence, language, no common ground, not even a high five, translation | Category: Reference, Science & Evolution |
Leave a commentInfinity is this curious concept, wide open for misinterpretation, but even in its refined sense, it often suffers from one of the biggest problems of philosophy: we believe that since we’ve put a lot of effort into it, it must be important. To explain the most misunderstood aspect of it, I’m going to steal [...] I got out the camera to chase a particular subject, which disappeared on me, so while the strobe was still charged I decided not to waste that electricity and went looking for something else to photograph. Yeah, I really do think that way sometimes, though if I do find another subject, I’ll fire off [...] |
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