Monthly Archives: March 2014

New Links

Posted on 5 March 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Gradually consolidating bookmarks I have on three different computers (one at work, two at home), into the right sidebar here. Added today, some science sites, including Astronomy Photo of the Day, and a couple comics, xkcd and Jesus and Mo. … Continue reading →

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Regnerus, Same-Sex Marriage, and False Witness

Posted on 4 March 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Slate’s Nathaniel Frank has a long, impassioned article today about The Shamelessness of Professor Mark Regnerus. Regnerus is the guy whose study about gay parents, financed by anti-gay organizations and roundly rejected by sociological organizations as deeply flawed, is still … Continue reading →

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Coyne on Bryan’s Myth, vs Reality

Posted on 4 March 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Jerry Coyne discusses the Bryan College issue. Bryan College forces its faculty to swear to historical existence of Adam and Eve Coyne is not only a *real scientist* but also a guy willing to address the arguments of those with … Continue reading →

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Cosmos and Beyond

Posted on 3 March 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Looking forward to the new Cosmos TV series, with Neil deGrasse Tyson. The original series, with Carl Sagan, was not so much an influential event in my life as a realization and visualization and confirmation of what I’d learned to … Continue reading →

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Anti-Vaxxers and Irrationality

Posted on 3 March 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Slate: According to a New Study, Nothing Can Change an Anti-Vaxxer’s Mind Apparently you just can’t change anti-vaxxers’ minds. This reaction, where people become more assured of their stupid opinions when confronted with factual or scientific evidence proving them wrong, … Continue reading →

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Education vs. Indoctrination

Posted on 3 March 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

Friendly Atheist: If Faculty Members Don’t Accept Young Earth Creationism, This Christian College May Fire Them Bryan College in Tennessee — yes, named after William Jennings Bryan of the Scopes trial fame, or infamy — has a notion to force … Continue reading →

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Frozen and its supposed Gay Agenda

Posted on 2 March 2014 by Mark R. Kelly

We went to see Frozen today, the Disney animated movie, because Miyazaki’s The Wind Rises wasn’t playing anywhere quite near or convenient enough for today’s schedule, and because Frozen is apparently the favorite for the Oscar this evening… and, thirdly, … Continue reading →

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