8 Mayıs 2012 Salı

ADVENTURES IN SCIENCE IN THE NEWS (D33)


Sometimes I read things like this and I get angry about the otherwise intelligent people who bring absolutely no rigor to the interesting topics they focus on. Yes, we would love to believe that there is something wrong with the Republican brain, or at least we know that we could sell quite a few copies of a poorly researched pop-science-non-fiction claiming that.  The dude wants to know why social conservatives cling so confidently to myths about non-heterosexual marriage and poor analysis of empirical studies to "prove" things that are far from accurate, such as that same-sex marriages are detrimental to child development. But why oh why does he refute pseudoscience that says that homosexuality is a choice and then imply that the very conservatives that believe this are somehow hardwired for strong gut reactions to homosexuality? #whytheleftwillneverwin

This reminded me of another question I found much more beautiful but much less profitable: how do creationists use different kinds of scientific knowledge to "prove" the problem of the supernatural? 

EEP! That was getting too close to GRAD LIFE. Time for something else.

Apparently self-breast exams should be taking 7 minutes per breast, so don't do them in the shower, especially if you live in a dry climate! It is so hard being an eco-feminist.

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