This is probably a smart strategy (if you're evil that is), by wrapping evolution and global warming together you can get more public support all those who hate evolution but are ok with global warming + all those who are ok with evolution but hate global warming = a bigger group of morons who think sound bites and gut thinking is as valid as 1000s of hours of study research and work/scientist.
Field of Science
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TMI Friday: Taking it to third base ..literally1 day ago in Memoirs of a Defective Brain
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A New Non-mammaliaform Eucynodont from the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina4 days ago in Chinleana
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Countries with a state religion also have fewer political and civil freedoms5 days ago in Epiphenom
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Chemistry, fluid dynamics and an awful radioactive mess1 week ago in The Curious Wavefunction
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Exploding expertise1 week ago in The Culture of Chemistry
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Social entrepreneurs in India: Water for all4 weeks ago in The Allotrope
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UPDATED: 10 things we need to find out about the #NCoV1 month ago in Rule of 6ix
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The Lure of the Obscure? Guest Post by Frank Stahl11 months ago in Sex, Genes & Evolution
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Finding a new translation factor, and verifying it with help from my experimental friends1 year ago in Protein Evolution and Other Musings
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Free ImageJ Macro -- for citing images1 year ago in Skeptic Wonder
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The Large Picture Blog Has Moved1 year ago in The Large Picture Blog
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Lab Rat Moving House1 year ago in Life of a Lab Rat
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Goodbye FoS, thanks for all the laughs1 year ago in Disease Prone
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Branson getting into microbial diversity in the deep sea2 years ago in The Greenhouse
Discussions on the interface between Science and Society, Politics, Religion, Life, and whatever else I decide to write about.
Theocratic instruction by legislation
Well apparently evolution has a new friend. Kentucky is currently dealing with a bit of "teach the controversy" legislation. Usually this is focused specifically on evolution, but now global warming is thrown in as well. Similar legislative assaults are also under way in South Dakota, have been won in Oklahoma, and lost in Texas and Louisiana. How soon before Minnesota gets one? or even your state?
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I just used a summary of your explanation of how science is not engineering to set someone straight just now. I really liked the way you worded your argument as it put into words feelings that I had but wasn't able to accurately explain.
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