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Best line in the whole article.
Usually I don’t blog about these kinds of studies, as they irritate me no end–either they are driven by a need to prove women are “inferior,” or if the study doesn’t pan out in that desirable direction, they are full of inanities delivered in tones of hushed astonishment–“Girls have caught […]

This totally made my day. From PZ Myers:
I just got an email listing 50 “proofs” for the existence of a god.
You can see the whole list here; I’m just gonna reproduce my absolute favorites. With possibly a little commentary.

2. How do you explain the paranormal, such as people witnessing positive or negative sightings, […]

A couple of weeks ago, I was studying in a cafe in the middle of Tokyo. (Ah, if only I didn’t live in Tokyo, that would sound so sophisticated.) An elderly man and woman sat down at the table next to me. At some point after they had been there chatting for a few minutes, […]

What I care about is human life, and the ending of it that could be prevented, no matter how great or small that chance of the life ending might be. Lives, lives that would otherwise be in no danger at all, are being lost to pregnancy!
Like these folks, I am […]

Continued from Part One.
My last major business trip was to Sweden. See, if I just left it at that, it would sound like, really c-o-o-l but in fact, what it was was really freaking C-O-L-D (February!) and yo, it was also really freaking b-u-s-i-n-e-s-s. The trip consisted of twelve-hour days in a mostly […]

Via.
The freedom to say ‘no’
Why aren’t there more women in science and engineering? Controversial new research suggests: They just aren’t interested.
Really, we’d much rather be changing shitty diapers, scrubbing toilets and putting out for room, board and an allowance. And that’s what choice feminism is all about!
…no, I’m not being fair. It’s just […]

I don’t like bananas, but even if I did, I wouldn’t eat them. United Fruit, the reason that we have the bananas that we have today, is basically the template for ruthless, evil corporations, pursuing unimaginable profits as the cost of human rights and the environment.
Within the next few decades, short of a scientific miracle, […]

(thump!)
That was me, fainting from astonishment. Could it be trooooooo…?
I did not make that headline up for the purposes of this post. No, that is actually, really the headline of this article from MSNBC Health.
Bisexuality.
I tend to subscribe to the theory that human beings* are innately bisexual as a group, […]

(drumroll, please!)
William Saletan of Slate, on race and IQ.
Five months ago, I wrote a series on race, genes, and intelligence.
You sure did. I remember it well. It inspired one of my very first blog posts ever.
Everything about it hurt: the research, the writing, the reactions, the regrets.
I agree that your research and […]

I saw this in the aisle at Sunflower market, an organic grocery store that operates around this here parts (this, at an organic grocery store? shock!).
“Guess what’s at the center of the universe? It’s you! Also, let’s talk about Deepak Chopra and those wacky atheists, eh?”
I have, on occasion, the urge to bonk people with […]

how does he sleep at night?

Last week, I finished watching “The Business of Being Born“. Ricki Lake did this documentary to highlight the differences in treatment she had with her two children. One was done at the hospital, and ended up as a Cesarean. One was at home, with a midwife, and it was videotaped.
Interspaced […]