What turns children into science-resistant adults?

In the May 18, 2007 edition of Science (available only to subscribers online), Paul Bloom and Deena Skolnick Weisberg consider why so many adults resist science.  They cite a 2005 Pew Trust poll finding that 42% of people believe that humans have existed in their present form since the beginning…

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New journal for aspiring creationists: International Journal of Creation Research

It’s called the International Journal for Creation Research.  I would call it The-Draw-The-Curve-Then-Plot-The-Data-Journal.   After all, the end result is already guaranteed.  It’s just a matter of getting out into the field to drum up evidence to support this foregone conclusion, no matter how tenuous.  The Journal is sponsored by the Institute…

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Nakedness For A Better World

Have you ever noticed that certain people who drive Very Large Vehicles tend to drive slower than everyone else?  I followed a 4X4 pick-up truck of epic proportions this morning and the driver crawled along at just under 25 miles an hour on a 35 mph street.  He--there's only one…

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We Should All Be Messiahs

There may be little original in this post, but then, there seems to be little original in its subject.  It's just that, well, no one, or not many, manage to say the obvious. I was sitting before my tv the other day watching Dune.  The SciFi Channel version, not that…

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How Did Noah’s Flood Deposit the Iridium Layer?

I've been spending (wa-ay too much) time today reading various news reports about the new Answers In Genesis Museum. In the blog responses to some of these reports I see mostly relief that someone has finally created this museum to tell the truth about Young Earth Creationism. As opposed to…

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