Category: humour
Neutrinos not faster than light, evolution safe!
Last year, when bemused physicists reported the apparent discovery of faster than light neutrinos, a shock wave ran through the news media, despite professional physicists the world over pointing out that it was almost certainly a technical cockup (ISTR the original experimenters suggested such). In the bizarre world of creationism, the potential upset to such
On the Scientific Evidence of Evolution Being a Hoax
RationalWiki has published an exhaustive list of scientific evidence that evolution is a hoax. In summary: h/t Panda’s Thumb
Signed Dawkins books on eBay
The Reverend Dr Peter Hearty (of Platitude of the Day fame) has announced that signed copies of five books by Richard Dawkins have been put up for auction on eBay. From the Platitude of the Day web page: Five Richard Dawkins books, signed by the author and dedicated to the “Platitude of the Year 2009
Science v Religion
Here’s a nice cartoon over at geekstir (click on image) Hat-tip: Heather over at Why Don’t You Blog? Powered by ScribeFire.
The Far Left Side on Texas creationism
With many thanks to Pharyngula, I discover the excellent Far Left Side, with today’s cartoon satirising the new chair of the Texas State Board of Education: Please do visit the excellent Far Left Side.
Jesus App banned from iPhone
Apple have earned themselves a bit of a reputation for banning applications written for their (admittedly gorgeous) iPhone and iPod Touch. Usually these seem to be banned on the grounds of bad taste. And who could argue that the iBoobs app could be considered offensive? Just in case my gentle readers are of sensitive disposition,
Elephant wings and religious belief
PZ Myers (Pharyngula) has an amusing story (Elephants’ wings) parodying religious belief, in which elephant wings are just not visible because of quantum effects, Definitely worth a read. Mind you, clearly the “Elephant Wing” belief system has its prophet – check out this artwork by Roger Dean for an Osibisa album… …and, no, I don’t