A tax on gorilla iconography? Oh noes… 27 Dec 2007 Greg Laden is reporting that Rwanda is taxing companies that use gorillas in their advertising, in order to pay for their conservation. Unfortunately, or fortunately if you are an albino silverback in Australia, this only applies to Rwandan companies. Or maybe I would happily pay a tax to the Rwandan government for the use of my avatar if asked. It depends on whether I have enough money for beer that month. Ecology and Biodiversity Humor
Australian stuff Why anti science? 23 Nov 2013 Over the past few decades there has been an increasingly negative attitude by governments, pundits, religiosi and faux philosophers against science. We have seen an increase in denialism about climate change (one of the most well supported scientific models of the day), vaccination, evolution, medical research in general, and the… Read More
Humor Dyspepsia and swallowing crap 2 Dec 2007 The Institute for Intellectual Disco Dancing has spun its recent debacle at Minnesota thus: The dyspeptic and ad hominem blogger/biologist Dr. P.Z. Myers was there and brought a Darwinist claque. Note that in passing it is not a fallacy to be ad hominem if the point is relevant to the… Read More
Biology The Knight’s Song, or What is a [scientific] theory? 7 Apr 20127 Apr 2012 “Or else it doesn’t, you know. The name of the song is called ‘Haddocks’ Eyes.’” “Oh, that’s the name of the song, is it?” Alice said, trying to feel interested. “No, you don’t understand,” the Knight said, looking a little vexed. “That’s what the name is called. The name really is ‘The… Read More
Just read this news item that Egypt is going to copyright the Pyramids: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071225/lf_afp/egyptantiquitieslaw
A clever idea. Hawass is a smart guy. But I hope they don’t try to get the Sudan, Mexico or Iraq to pay dues on those copies of the pyramids they have there… Perhaps they can get Bosnia to pay up, though.