I’ve been quiet the past few days, primarily because I’m all nervous about the upcoming launch of Expelled - I’ve realized it’s going to be the Waterloo that Dembski predicted eight years ago. Hah! Not really. The simplistic history in the movie (ignoring all other factors including Christianity in "explaining" the rise of Nazi eugenics), the "framing" and lies of the producers & promoters, and the plagiarism from, not one, but two sources will spell doom for this dreck, at least within the mainstream.
Real reason for the silence is that grading has started again and we’re into the last weeks of the semester. Episodic silence is to be expected until late next week.
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When we look at a the data for a population+ often the first thing we do
is look at the mean. But even if we know that the distribution
I love this question:
Why is it warmer in the summer than in the winter (for the Northern hemisphere)?
Go ahead and ask your friends. I suppose they will give one of the following likely answers:
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Last week we looked at the organ systems involved in regulation and control of body functions: the nervous, sensory, endocrine and circadian systems. This week, we will cover the organ systems that are regulated and controlled.
The endless Leroy Jenkins moments leading up to the release of the movie are about the only nerve-wreaking thing about the movie. There are actually people in the world this stupid? Wow.
In other news, Premise Media has decided to file a suit against Expelled. See PZ's blog for details.
"In other news, Premise Media has decided to file a suit against Expelled."
Erm, that latter entity should be "XVIVO"...
I like better the first way you put it, Tyler--it fits well with the foot-bulleting, own-goal methods that have been demonstrated to date.
Err, like IT better, I meant...