Random Thoughts

Dear earnest wingnut, Thank you for sending me a copy of your 20-page monograph containing your brilliant new paradigm which The Physics Establishment are seeking to squelch, Having been squashed at times by the T.P.E., I can heartily sympathize. I am wri ...

Article - Alex "Sandy" Antunes - Apr 22 2011 - 5:28pm

And Then There Was One- The Consolidation Of Science Blogging?

Rumor has it that Scienceblogs.com, the blogging network owned by SEED Media, has finally been sold. I told people here in 2009 that it was in play and anyone would want to acquire Prof. P.Z. Myers on their network so certainly people would have talked t ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 25 2011 - 10:35pm

MacNeil's Downfall: PBS's Autism Now Closes On Just As Sour A Note

Last night on PBS's NewsHour, Robert MacNeil answered viewers' questions. ROBERT MACNEIL: Well, perhaps he's right. We tried to concentrate on what we thought were urgent issues, urgent problems. And a lot of adults with autism, particular ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Apr 27 2011 - 6:33am

Not With A Bang- Is New Science Media Instead Going Out With A Whimper?

David Crotty at the scholarly kitchen says that Science 2.0 is a failure. Like many who use it off-the-cuff, I don't know how he is using the term- I usually do a global replace of 'Smurf' for Science 2.0 in these instances because Science ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 28 2011 - 1:48pm

Greg Critser, Science Journalism Jack Of All Trades, Tackles The Last Frontier

Science 2.0 Featured Author Greg Critser isn't satisfied being a respected journalist for the LA Times, the Times of London and the New York Times along with selling a lot of books, so he has branched out into the world of being a celebrity chef. Yes, ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 28 2011 - 11:43am

Some Quotes from "An inquiry Into the Permanent Cause of the Decline and Fall of Powerful and Wealthy Nations" (1814)

"Dutch capital was employed to purchase goods in one country and sell them in another: so that the Dutch became carriers for others, instead of manufacturing and carrying for themselves. Thus circumstanced, Holland was gradually sinking, when politi ...

Blog Post - Ed Chen - Apr 28 2011 - 12:59pm

Atheist Funeral

What kind of funeral should one as a semi rational person insist on? My immediate reflexive answer is “don’t give a something, stuff me in the thrash chute if you must”. However, a burial or cremation is not about the deceased but about those left behind. ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Apr 28 2011 - 11:12pm

Comfort Zones: Ever Widening Them For Our Children, Whether They're Disabled Or Not

Have you ever noticed that you function better when you feel comfortable and confident in your surroundings and that when you are unsure of yourself, you are more likely to stumble? The same is true for our kids. In their element, where they are sure of al ...

Article - Kim Wombles - May 9 2011 - 10:51am

Oh, Health Ranger...You Make Me Ill

Mike Rangers has a post called "14 signs that the collapse of our modern world has already begun." If it weren't so scary to think of how easily people can be conned, it would almost be funny that he's so wide-ranging in his all-knowing ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Feb 23 2012 - 11:43pm

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