Paleontology and Creationism Meet but don’t Mesh PETERSBURG, Ky. — Tamaki Sato was confused by the dinosaur exhibit. The placards described the various dinosaurs as originating from different geological periods — the stegosaurus from the Upper Jurassic, the heterodontosaurus from the Lower Jurassic, the velociraptor from the Upper Cretaceous — yet in each case, the [...]

Steven Pinker asks, “Why is there Peace?” Over the past century, violent images from World War II concentration camps, Cambodia, Rwanda, Darfur, Iraq, and many other times and places have been seared into our collective consciousness. These images have led to a common belief that technology, centralized nation-states, and modern values have brought about unprecedented [...]

Sorry it’s been so long – I am a very busy man and have been very busy with business. In all seriousness, I am free from academia for the next three weeks. I have my evenings entirely to myself. My life is a bit of a strange play. And as I grow older, more cynical, [...]

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An LJBF Tale: The last time I was LJBF-ed, I was about 20 or 21. The relationship was a year-long saga in which I was the emotional tampon to a hot chick. I gained valuable insight into the inner workings of woman during that year. Though being LJBF-ed is a blow to the ego, in [...]

I caught my roommate doing this earlier. She left, we went out for a beer and he boasted about it. I just smiled and nodded. The room got quiet and I couldn’t help but shake my head in disbelief when I read this headline outloud at work today. Being prejudice and/or racist isn’t illegal (however [...]

The Skeptics’ Daily Affirmation Like most psychological questions, the effects of self-affirmation are complex and not completely understood. It seems that they have a negative effect on people with low self-esteem. For people with average to high self-esteem, there is a slightly positive effect which can make people less defensive and more open, but also [...]

From RightWingWatch: WHEREAS, the people of Oklahoma have a strong tradition of reliance upon the Creator of the Universe; and A tradition kept most everywhere. Since the dawn of human imagination. WHEREAS, we believe our economic woes are consequences of our greater national moral crisis; and Economic woes are caused by moral crisis, not by [...]