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New Atheists hurt science's advance – Crunchy Con

Here’s an LA Times essay arguing that the confrontational attitude towards religion taken by Dawkins, Dennett et alia — and their denunciation as wimps of scientists and science educators who don’t follow their hard line — actually …

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Reformissionary: Music Monday 8.10.09

Here’s some good, cheap music thanks to Amazon… Dirty Projectors: Rise Above -$5- 81/100 Pitchfork Bowerbirds: Upper Air -$5- 100/100 The Onion (AV Club) Sunset Rubdown: Dragonslayer -$5- 100/100 Drowned in Sound Radiohead: I Might Be …

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Francis Collins pollutes science with religion « Why Evolution Is True

By speaking with the authority of a scientist, by discussing science at length, and above all by describing in the same talk the evidence for evolution and the “evidence” for God, acting as if they are of similar epistemic significance, …

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High Tech Junk Science | MacDoctor

In what has to be the most high tech example of junk science validation of global warming, Reuters reports a Canadian Scientist looked out of the window of the international space station and commented: …

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GayPatriot » Why the Rush to Overhaul Health Care?

In line with the questions that Nick posed, I’d offer one of my own, “Given the need to get this right, particularly when we’re addressing reform of a large segment of our economy, why the rush to complete health care reform this summer …

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