Wednesday, January 11, 2006
I'm Just Not Chicken of Chickens
Look, I know I'm supposed to be scared of the bird flu that is ravaging Asia with like 8 deaths, but calling it the "bird flu" with accompaning pictures of chickens just doesn't do it for me.
So let me try to find something that can really inspire fear and get papers read...
Poodle Plague Sweeps Madagascar
Not quite...
Goldfish Gangrene Devestates Iceland
Still not there...
Cow Cramps Cripple Croatia
eh... that's been tried with mad cow...
Shark Syphilis Ravages 4 in Cheboygan
Yep, that would do it.
So let me try to find something that can really inspire fear and get papers read...
Poodle Plague Sweeps Madagascar
Not quite...
Goldfish Gangrene Devestates Iceland
Still not there...
Cow Cramps Cripple Croatia
eh... that's been tried with mad cow...
Shark Syphilis Ravages 4 in Cheboygan
Yep, that would do it.
Monday, January 09, 2006
Ya Gotta Have... Faith?
In an age when creationism and intelligent design are under attack as supposedly nothing but blind faith the unbiased integrity-full scientific community has some 'splanin to do.
It seems South Korean scientist, Hwang Woo Suk, who's lab is the only one in the world that has claimed a number of scientific accomplishments is a giant fraud.
"This is very dismaying and demoralizing, because this was a great group with enormous expertise and we all thought if anyone could do it, it would be them," said Stephen Minger, a leader in stem cell research at Kings College London, who visited the lab earlier this year. "Now it looks like we've been hoodwinked and it's just so damaging to the image of the field."
But my favorite quote by a colleague of his was, "But I still believe that Dr. Hwang has the fundamental technology or that he is the closest scientist to that technology. We should not abandon him and his talent." Uhh... ok.
So let me get this straight we shouldn't be putting a paragraph about the "theory" of intelligent design in textbooks but we can fill them with the works of trustworthy evolutionary scientist because the scientific community would never try to perpetrate a fraud or be fooled by one.
Hmm... you know what? Once again I just have to say, I don't have the faith needed to be that scientific.
It seems South Korean scientist, Hwang Woo Suk, who's lab is the only one in the world that has claimed a number of scientific accomplishments is a giant fraud.
"This is very dismaying and demoralizing, because this was a great group with enormous expertise and we all thought if anyone could do it, it would be them," said Stephen Minger, a leader in stem cell research at Kings College London, who visited the lab earlier this year. "Now it looks like we've been hoodwinked and it's just so damaging to the image of the field."
But my favorite quote by a colleague of his was, "But I still believe that Dr. Hwang has the fundamental technology or that he is the closest scientist to that technology. We should not abandon him and his talent." Uhh... ok.
So let me get this straight we shouldn't be putting a paragraph about the "theory" of intelligent design in textbooks but we can fill them with the works of trustworthy evolutionary scientist because the scientific community would never try to perpetrate a fraud or be fooled by one.
Hmm... you know what? Once again I just have to say, I don't have the faith needed to be that scientific.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
The Rumors of My Death...
have been pretty accurate. But, I shall rise again on Monday with the Holiday hangover behind me and the new year stupidity in front of me. What's in store?
* Lying Cloners, and the Lying Liars who believe them
*Take Your Kid to an Execution Day
*Stupid HomeSchoolers
*My Best State Slogans
*Mr. Anonymous Revealed (Maybe)
and much, much more!
Actually, after seeing what I have in line, maybe I won't do this anymore.
* Lying Cloners, and the Lying Liars who believe them
*Take Your Kid to an Execution Day
*Stupid HomeSchoolers
*My Best State Slogans
*Mr. Anonymous Revealed (Maybe)
and much, much more!
Actually, after seeing what I have in line, maybe I won't do this anymore.
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