Author Archives: manyhats
Calamity strengthens faith
One of the strangest phenomena of human behavior that I know of is the way in which experiencing a catastrophe causes people to become more superstitious. CNN is currently running an article regarding how the recent earthquake has caused many … Continue reading
Croup strikes the house
My son recently had a case of croup that scared us pretty bad. It began with a mild cough that got progressively worse. By bedtime he was clearly pretty miserable and we brought him to sleep with us. We kept … Continue reading
Et tu, NatGeo?
The National Geographic channel is running a show now titled “The Real Jesus” in which they discuss in great detail the cause of death and other aspects of Jesus’s life. All of this discussion proceeds on the assumption that he … Continue reading
Empirical Facts Do Exist (Global Warming Edition)
Do empirical facts actually exist regarding global climate change? Conservative commentator David Frum doesn’t think so. In fact, he doesn’t think empirical facts exist at all anymore. I think he’s an idiot. Continue reading
Evidence of speciation
Many creationists like to claim that “we’ve never seen one species come from another species; when a human is born to a chimp I’ll believe evolution,” in what they believe to be a knock-down argument against evolution. Obviously this claim … Continue reading
Dara O’Briain is…
…not just funny, but spot on. Enjoy!
Neil deGrasse Tyson said what?!
I love the work Neil deGrasse Tyson, Doctor of Astrophysics and the Director of the Hayden Planetarium, does popularizing Science. I agree 100% with him that raising the profile of Science and making it more accessible to the masses is … Continue reading
Olbermann Misses the Point
The atheist bus campaign got some coverage on cable news tonight but not really in a good way. Here’s the clip from tonight’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy What … Continue reading
Thank You Ayatollah Khamenei
I don’t find myself agreeing with Republicans very often these days, and I’ve never agreed much with Texans, but I’m in complete agreement with Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) right now. Today he was the only U.S. Congressman to vote against … Continue reading
What happened to the History Channel?
I used to love watching the History Channel but every time I turn it on lately it seems to be showing some garbage about Revelations, Nostradamus, UFOs, el Cupacabra or the Bermuda Triangle. I watched one today called ‘Ancient Aliens’ … Continue reading