With Florida deciding if they should adopt good science standards or insert nonsense from the usual suspects, I think a quick reminder of my previous “turtles all the way down” essay is in order. Despite the age of this and that it’s a fairly common anti-ID argument, I’ve never really seen it adequately refuted. One [...]
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Turtles all the way down for Florida
Posted in Pseudoscience, Science on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Simmons has lost his grip on reality.
Posted in Pseudoscience, Science on February 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Dr. Simmons, who is the man best known for his hideously terrible arguments he put forward against PZ Myers in their recent debate, is apparently doing a Black Knight. He accuses PZ Myers of a variety of things, such as not paying attention to the points he raised, bearing in mind that Dr. Simmons never [...]
Update on the research blogging controversy
Posted in Pseudoscience, Research Blogging, Science on February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
There is a further update on the discussion the other day about Casey Luskin using the research blogging icon inappropriately on the official research blogging news site here.
I talked privately with science ethicist Janet Stemwedel, and she agrees that the blurring of the distinction between what’s supported by the article itself and what constitutes the [...]
Research blogging – presenting the evidence or discussing it
Posted in Pseudoscience, Research Blogging, Science on February 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, there has been some discussion over a post by the discovery institutes Casey Luskin over the use of the research blogging sites icon for “blogging on peer reviewed research”. This spawned some discussion over at the associated news blog for research blogging, particularly over if Casey followed the relevant rules and appropriately represented the [...]
Dr. Simmons and his erroneous recollection
Posted in Pseudoscience, Science on February 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So, after some assistance from Dr. Gary Hurd from the antievolution boards, I’ve since found the article that Dr. Simmons referenced in his debate with PZ Myers. It turns out that to support Dr. Simmons opinion, it requires either not actually reading the article or just ignoring what the article says. For example, it is [...]
PZ Myers radio debate
Posted in Pseudoscience, Science on February 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I got a lot of pleasure from listening to Dr. PZ Myers completely rip this fellow from the dishonesty institute apart on a Christian radio show (Mp3 is at the link, it’s around ~30 megs or so). Particularly amusing was when Dr. Simmons managed to get caught with his pants down about his knowledge of [...]
