Thursday, May 7, 2009

Serious Star Trek Geek

A Brief History of the counter Culture

A Brief History Of The Counter Culture

This is interesting.

*Note: The authors seemed to have got confused when they mention "LSD and acid" (which are one in the same). Maybe they took too much before writing this.

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New Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath speaks with Steve Pakin on The Agenda

Scientists locate an atom

Texas enters the Dark Ages

Texas is only 6000 years old! | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

During the Texas State Board of Education hearings on science standards for Texas schoolchildren, BoE member and staunch creationist Barbara Cargill decided that the age of the Universe was up for vote. Oddly enough, I had some issue with that. You may vote on issues all you want, and you can even vote on morality if you’d like, but scientific reality is not a matter of opinion and cares not for the majority vote.

The National Center for Science Education has video of the moment where it becomes clear that Ms. Cargill, not happy enough to destroy biology for students, proposes an amendment to creationize astronomy as well: ...