A Home School Teacher Explains Evolution Video of a visit to the Fields Museum by a devout Christian home schooler. Since the fundamentalist insist that evolution is a religion, I propose that we make science denial against the law.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘science denial’
November 22nd, 2014 - 12:48 pm § in Misc.
FAUX SCIENCE: The Flat Earth Society Lives ON
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HALLOWEEN: The GOP’s Scientist Shortage
Republican candidates used to deny climate change, but as that meme becomes harder to sustain (all you have to do is look around you), they’ve shifted gears from drive to neutral and are trying to coast over the issue. When pressed, many now resort to the noncommittal expression, “I̵[...]
DON’T TRUST THE SCIENTISTS!
A HuffPost/YouGov poll lst Fall showed that only 36 percent of Americans have “a lot” of trust that scientists are accurate and reliable. Making matter worse the poll showed that a whopping majorities of about 80 percent think that information reported in scientific studies is ta[...]
August 22nd, 2014 - 2:11 am § in Hypocrisy
How To Sell Drugs Without FDA Approval
What is a drug? a natural or artificial substance given to treat or prevent illness or to lessen pain Unless someone calls it “natural” and sells it in a health food store. Read this story of a high school student who suffered severe liver dama[...]
May 30th, 2014 - 1:39 am § in Uncategorized
Bad News About Grass!
From The Local: Pregnant pot smokers can damage kids’ brains An expectant mother’s use of cannabis during pregnancy can prevent a child from forming certain connections in the brain while growing in the womb, a Sweden-based researcher has revealed. “Despite the present climate rega[...]
May 18th, 2014 - 4:34 am § in Misc.
Eat it, Drink it, but do not smoke it!
Why smoke weed? I couldn’t tell you why because I don’t smoke it. Most of the scary stuff about marijuana was a hoax. BUT there is a real story of why you shouldn’t smoke weed. The marijuana community pushes their passion by saying “weed is not a drug. Its a plant, just like Hardy Annual[...]
Global Warming
“Are Extreme Events ‘Teachable Moments?'” a talk by Prof. Michael Wallace, Atmospheric Sciences May 9th, 2014. This review by hh. Mike is a much honored meteorologist and climate scientist, a member of our National Academy of Sciences who is noted in part for discovering and docu[...]