Archive for July, 2010

I Wish Global Warming Was a Hoax. Unfortunately, It’s Not.

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

I noticed in the comments to the previous item that shcb thinks I’m showing close-mindedness (or something) by virtue of my resistance to the evidence that human-caused climate change is a hoax.

Sigh.

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Coyne on the “Tom Johnson” Sock Puppet

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

From Jerry Coyne, author of the book Why Evolution Is True, comes this interesting (if you’re into high-profile falsehood, at least) account of an apparent act of sock puppetry aimed at questioning the “New Atheist” approach to confronting religious believers: On the uncivility of atheists: “Tom Johnson” and Exhibit A .

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