Tag Archives: science

Empirical Facts Do Exist (Global Warming Edition)

Posted on December 8, 2009 by manyhats

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 →

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Neil deGrasse Tyson said what?!

Posted on July 10, 2009 by manyhats

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 →

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Creationist mistake #1A

Posted on May 12, 2009 by manyhats

In addition to the common misstatement that science believes that everything was created from nothing magically I’d have to say the the creationist mistake that bugs me the most is the insistence on the misuse of the term “theory”. While … Continue reading →

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Creationist mistake #1

Posted on May 10, 2009 by manyhats

We frequently hear creationists assert that we evolutionists believe that “everything came from nothing”. Here’s a fun(di) site. Apparently magically. Nothing could be further from the truth. While a quantum physicist, or even a good astronomy textbook, could provide a … Continue reading →

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