I am very happy that Richard won Top Chef. There, I said it. As to Butler vs. Connecticut? I’m saying Butler. Either way, we get another One Shining Moment. On to the links…
- You probably saw this, but death anxiety shapes view on evolution. Is this shocking?
- Natural history of the soul. Intrigued but will it be anything new?
- Heh. xkcd on Model trains.
- Father and daughter: An Oscar-winning animated short film. Will I cry?…
- I’m very intrigued by the Khan academy model mentioned here for younger students. Is there a way to translate this to the college level?
- Has the pressures of human evolution triggered the rise of autoimmune diseases? Let’s look at the quality of the data first…
- Stuart Kauffman asks What if we could ask the big questions?
- Ed Yong asks Why is aspirin toxic to cats?
- Epiphenom: The evolution of nice.
- Awesome links from Mental Floss blog.
- Like Mad Men? Good news.
- What is Life?
- Arni Zachariassen links to “Natural pura” and the banishing of God.
- YouTube travels to 1911 for April Fool’s Day. Did you see it?
- Jonah Lehrer, fascinating as always, with Measurements that mislead.
- I’m aging myself here a bit.
- Bats are worth at least 3 billion a year? Rabies, rabies! There, I said it. But still…
- I was going to link to a Jerry Coyne post here, but I decided against it. Blah-blah, there is no God. Science will win in the end. There, that’s his position. He’s either right or wrong. You decide. But, there ain’t a lot more new coming out “scientifically” for or against the evidence of God. Seeing the same thing over and over again is getting old (from both or “all”(?) sides). No new arguments and no engagement with the opposition makes Homer “something something.” Moving on…
- Speaking of this, Daniel Harrell on Science and Sacred on Engaging today’s militant atheist arguments.
- Serotonin and sexual preference: Is it really that simple?
- Open Parachute with Advocating or explaining secular moral values?
- The evolutionary roots of animal morality? Have fun…
- How to get tenure at a major research university? Moral of the story… send your kids to liberal arts college instead?
- Eugene Cho with What would Jesus do: burn the Koran or eat with his Muslim neighbors? Predictable? Yes. But still very good.
- Joshua Rosenau with What is religion?
- Wow, this is shocking. This is though and made me throw up a bit. America is annoying some times.
- This is interesting… debunking the creation myths of 5 huge companies.
- Social marketing.
