I am a paleontologist 3 Sep 2009 By “They Might be Giants”: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ8rblUtEXA&hl=en&fs=1&] Evolution Humor Pop culture Science
Accommodationism Accommodating Science overview 13 Mar 2014 I have done quite a lot of blogging under this heading lately so I thought it might be useful to get all the posts used in order: On beliefs Why do believers believe silly things? The function of denialism Why do believers believe THOSE silly things? The “developmental hypothesis” of… Read More
Evolution Cleesing the God Gene 14 Sep 2008 If I weren’t such a reductionist mechanist, I’d probably find this very very funny. And what Cleese does to things deserves its own verb. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M-vnmejwXo&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1] Read More
Biology Names and nomenclature in classification 17 Jul 2010 One of the main focuses in the literature, especially in biology, regarding classification is the problem of nomenclature, of names. Many treat classification as being all about names, an error that is akin to mistaking not the map for the territory, but the names on the map for the territory…. Read More
That’s a bit of poetic license: they don’t use shovels. I have seen this (Chris Nedin on a shale cliff).
I have cousins with young children, but since I am clueless, I don’t know what age group this stuff is appropriate for. Help, please. I like it, but am saving my quatloos for the new Beatles stuff.