And while I’m at it rounding up the year ...
Top ten posts (from any year) for visits this past year
- Strange beastie in Maine
- Polar bears are threatened
- Epic takedown of Pivar
- From sea to shining sea
- Last LOL I promise, well maybe
- Possibly the dumbest argument ever against atheism
- Beware the catfish from hell
- Oreskes responds to Shulte
- Wizzened baby animal alert
- An international coalition of non-religious ID scientists & scholars
I’m guessing that #1, #2 & #9 are popular because of Google image searches. Others are popular due to link-love from Pharyngula or people’s obsession with fish that climb into your penis.
Top ten posts (from 2007) for visits this past year
- Epic takedown of Pivar
- From sea to shining sea
- Last LOL I promise, well maybe
- Possibly the dumbest argument ever against atheism
- Oreskes responds to Shulte
- An international coalition of non-religious ID scientists & scholars
- Flew’s eugenic leanings
- Surprising silence over Behe’s book
- Who knew Barry Bonds had a dog?
- Behe’s publications, Part II
Top ten search phrases
- Maine
- Polar bear
- Ballmer peak
- Baby animal
- Candiru
- Some people dont have maps
- Hogzilla II
- Daschund
- Pika
- Colony collapse disorder
For the record, "porn" was #11.
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The following is posted on behalf of Naomi Oreskes:
Mars seems to bring out the kooks. I was pointed to the bizarre Xenotech "research" site, which consists entirely of the delusional fantasies of Sir Charles W. Shults III, Scientist (yes, that's what he calls himself).
A brief break from bashing my own side, to point up the stupidies of the Evil Ones, to prove that I haven't Gone Over myself. Its not terribly entertaining, as we replace issues of judgement and representation with lying, but needs to be done on occaision.
This sounds so familiar. A few years ago, a historian of science, Naomi Oreskes, reviewed the literature on climate change and concluded that there is a unanimous consensus in the published work that anthropogenic carbon is a major contributor to global warming.