miss_s_b: The Blood is the Life!

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@ 2009-06-24 11:48 pm UTC

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The Blood is the Life!

Fresh Squeezings from the veins of t'intertubes.

Evolutionary Psychology is bad science. Yeah, yeah, I know, preaching to the converted here. But the article is a good one, and deserves to be disseminated as widely as possible.

Speaking of science, Phil Willis MP tweets some welcome news. I fully agree with him that we need to make sure science is where it belongs at the heart of gov.

Rebecca Dalzell tells a heartwarming tale of Radio 4 addiction. Radio 4 is one of those things that you either get or you don't. I count myself among the utterly addicted. I was led in by the Now Show and now I have the damn thing on for a minimum of 8 hours a day. Radio 4 is the rhythm of life; a comfort and an education in one. I'm glad I'm not alone. Especially in listening with rapt attention to gardeners' question time when I only have a few plant pots...

andrewducker makes a fabulous point about comment threads. Pls take note, maintainers of Lib Dem Voice, which I have all but stopped visiting, given that you can no longer subscribe to comments and they still have that stupid please add us to your advertising whitelist! Oh, go on, PLEASE thing.

Space Geeks! Look at this awesome audio-visual slideshow of Saturn and its moons, compiled by the BBC from various sources, including CassiniSaturn.

And today's Meme is an old one from the depths of my LJ:

Poll #619 Truth or Lie?

Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

View Respondents

One of these is true, five are lies. Vote for the one you think is true.

View Answers

My favourite song of all time is Living Dead Girl by Rob Zombie
0 (0.0%)

I have owned six dogs in my lifetime
0 (0.0%)

The first album I bought with my own money was Sheer Heart Attack by Queen. It was on cassette.
5 (50.0%)

I have eaten and enjoyed sheep's brain
2 (20.0%)

I have dyed my hair many colours, but never black
3 (30.0%)

My favourite beer is called Moonshine
0 (0.0%)

I'll give you the answers tomorrow.

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telegramsam
2009-06-25 04:34 pm UTC (link)

...and that's an interesting article you linked about Carson's book, and yet another example of how the scientific community at large needs to pull its collective head out of its arse and admit that scientists are not always as objective as they really do need to be to ensure the integrity of the field - dismissing sound work just because a woman produced it is not only stupid, but damages the field and retards progress. X(

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ms_daisy_cutter
2009-06-25 04:38 pm UTC (link)

Science is great, but at the end of the day, scientists are only human, and that needs to be taken into account by both scientists and by the general public.

More generally, I'd like to see more emphasis on science as a tool, rather than as a mystical belief system whose practitioners are modern high priests. I think that would go a long way in combatting the fundies who insist that science (or, worse, "Darwinism") is a set of religious beliefs. It might not change their minds but it would be useful for convincing people on the fence.

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telegramsam
2009-06-25 04:59 pm UTC (link)

Agreed.

Which is also why it is so critically important for the scientific community to hold both its members and the research itself to the highest possible standards and to remain objective as humanly possible.

If the fundies don't have legitimate reasons to attack science and scientists, their illegitimate ones won't sound nearly so convincing. Kind of one of those "clean your own house first" things. Or to steal a line from the biblical camp, take the plank out of your own eye, then worry about the other guy's speck. In a battle for people's minds you don't have much room for error.

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