Monthly Archives: March 2008

What is New Age?

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Adrian Corscadden

The term ‘New Age’ is becoming more common. When I think of new age things, I think of magnetized wrist bands with healing power, healing crystals and phony spiritualism. They are all things that put mind over matter and they … Continue reading →

Posted in Science | 6 Comments

Spotted: ironic bumper sticker

Posted on March 30, 2008 by Adrian Corscadden

I saw this bumper sticker today and thought that it was worthy of having its picture taken. The sticker reads: “Growing the economy is shrinking the ecosystem.” I just thought that it was funning being on a Lexus SUV.

Posted in Funny | 2 Comments

Is the earth flat?

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Adrian Corscadden

Here is a debate from Iraqi TV between a physicist and someone who thinks the world is flat. It’s pretty funny. I have a feeling that it might be fake. Since I don’t understand the language, the captions could have … Continue reading →

Posted in Funny | 4 Comments

Post #101!: a progress report.

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Adrian Corscadden

That’s right, this blog is 100 posts old. Here are a few current stats that show some progress: First post: August 20, 2007 Google Page Rank: 3/10 Alexa Traffic Rank: 124 057 Unique Visitors since day 1: 53 942 I … Continue reading →

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“Biblically Correct” Museum Tour makes me sick

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Adrian Corscadden

Here is a video of a tour group giving biblically correct museum tours. It makes me sick how little they know about the methods of science and how they are ‘teaching’ this to innocent children. Dawkins has referred to scaring … Continue reading →

Posted in Creationist Bashing | 11 Comments

Favorite Dilbert Quotes

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Adrian Corscadden

Here is a few of my favorite Dilbert quotes that I was saving in a text file while watching the two seasons of the TV show. “I will not be pressured into having fun just because we arbitrarily use a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool, Funny | 3 Comments

Communicating good science to the public

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Adrian Corscadden

John Timmer, over at ars technica, has posted a great article about explaining science to the polarized US public. It is a summary of a few talks given at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. … Continue reading →

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Gaining respect for CBC; lost it for Ben Stein

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Adrian Corscadden

I am gaining respect for the CBC I generally only watch CBC for Hockey Night in Canada, and not much else. Most of their original programming is not very good. I actually don’t watch TV except for sports. That is … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, Canada, Personal | 24 Comments