from the Chronicle of Higher Ed: June 16, 2011, In a move aimed at Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and his controversial initiatives to remake higher education in the Lone Star State, a high-powered group of more than 200 former regents, chancellors, and presidents, along with Democratic and Republican p[...]
Posts Tagged ‘anti Science’
June 25th, 2011 - 2:19 pm § in America, Schools & Colleges
Texas Group Challenges Texas Governor’s Plans for Higher Education
Using Inteligent Design To Save Billions of Federal Dollars
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) – Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann explained her skepticism of evolution on Friday and said students should be taught the theory of intelligent design. Bachmann, a congresswoman from Minnesota, also proposed a major overhaul of the nation’s educatio[...]
Ave Challenge: Whoisit?
a. inventor of the “@” b. winner of N. Carolina lottery for $20 million dollars c. Michelle Bachmann’s husband. d. new mayor of Wasilla e. inventor of Apple’s “i” term.[...]
Blasphemy: The War on Science
Right and left are equal opportunity abusers of science .. whenever science is in the way, bith sides discard it. A good example is this post from Lee Rosenberg, the marijuana fanatic at Horses Ass.: Drug War Roundup by Lee, 05/29/2011, 9:28 PM – This Thursday, June 2, multiple former world [...]
May 22nd, 2011 - 10:12 pm § in America
Sunday Revelations: The Last Sunday Is Today
As predicted last Sunday on The AVE, the world ended today. For a full account, read here.[...]
May 20th, 2011 - 7:28 am § in Schools & Colleges, Science
Cliff Mass: UW Weather Scientist Takes on The Public Schools’ Math Curriculum
Seattle Schools Lawsuit, Enfield, and Common Core I would like to update you on the math lawsuit against Seattle Public Schools, reveal an interesting encounter with Seattle Superintendent Susan Enfield, and tell you the depressing tale of our state’s math curriculum. As many of you know, I wa[...]
May 15th, 2011 - 7:49 am § in America
Sunday Revelation: Next Sunday is The End
The end of the world Family Radio evangelist Harold Camping believes that he has calculated the exact date of the rapture: May 21, 2011. How does end times theology impact real world behavior? Hirschfield: What happens when the Messiah doesn’t show? Dawkins: Science explains the end of the world M[...]
Sunday Revelations: Is this how the Torah was written?
One of the strengths claimed by Judaism, Islam, and Mormonism is the possession of direct revelation from God. In Orthodox Judaism, this revelation is supposed to include the “unwritten Torah” a set of oral traditions that Jews claim is implicit in the Torah and required to understand [...]
May 9th, 2011 - 7:34 pm § in Uncategorized
Scientist Forced to Resign for Mentioning Ejaculate
based on material Michael Smerconish at the Huff Post, including parts by Steven M. Platek, Rebecca L. Burch, and Gordon G. Gallup, Jr.. Lazar Greenfield, was the president-elect of the American College of Surgeons, the inventor of the Greenfield Filter, professor emeritus of surgery at the Univer[...]
May 9th, 2011 - 12:55 pm § in Hypocrisy
We Give Berkeley Professor a D.
Ed. This post from the Berkely Blog gets a D. Prof. Mendoza dismisses a genetics of intelligence by reductio ad absurdam. Asserting that there is no genetic factor or very little in intelligence would be as silly as claiming that there are no genetic effects on the speed of thoroughbred horses[...]