Ooooohhhh, nude dinosaurs…. 14 Sep 2009 Residents of the tiny town Muttaburra, in Queensland’s central west, have bared all for a calendar shoot. The town’s Community Development Association is raising money for an ambulance defibrillator and the local school, and came up with the idea for a “slightly risque” calendar. Muttaburra is famous for the Muttaburrasaurus dinosaur discovered in the region. The association’s secretary, Kerry Robinson, says she had no problems encouraging people to be involved and some interesting props were used. “It was done discreetly – there was only two photographers,” she said. “[It] sounds silly but we [used] vegetables, the fire brigade used hoses and hats and gloves, we had a shearing so we had a sheep. “The dinosaur was used – the man who found the dinosaur posed at the dinosaur with his wife.” [ABC Radio] I can’t find an image, I’m sorry… Australian stuff Evolution Humor
Ecology and Biodiversity New book contract 29 Jul 201930 Oct 2019 Well CRC Press haven’t learned their lesson yet, and have given me, Frank Zachos (Vienna) and Igor Pavlinov (Moscow) a contract for an edited book of science and philosophy dialogue entitled Species and Beyond. Anyone who wants a particular topic to be covered, leave it in the comments. I won’t… Read More
Evolution Myth 7: Darwin thought that Australian aborigines were closer to apes than to Europeans 1 Mar 200925 Oct 2019 Actually, this one is better called “Darwin was a racist”, but as the text concerned is from the same source as those claims, I thought it might be easier to evaluate a single claim and generalise from that. Our gospel for today is chapters V and VI of The Descent… Read More
Epistemology Discussing the Evolutionary Debunking Argument 7 May 2011 John Danaher at Philosophical Disquisitions has a blog anyone with an interest in philosophy should be subscribing to. John presents simple argument diagrams and clear analyses of philosophy papers, usually those that deal with philosophy of religion and related topics. Recently he has been discussing an argument by Guy Kahane… Read More