RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/May 2012

May 2012
[http://imgur.com/RdbEH Fuck you, I'm going to find a private school...what? Fifty grand a year?!!] [http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/americans-dinosaurs-lived-humans/ Only 85% of Americans believe in some form of creationism. What are evolution denialists doing wrong?] Conclusions in the social sciences are not reliable like those in the physical sciences, because "while the physical sciences produce many detailed and precise predictions, the social sciences do not." Weekly Standard writer uses a meme ("Al Gore invented the internet.") while disparaging the concept of memes. Snark - it works, bitches. Needs more explosions. Now do this to the Beliebers and you might have a social network. All is not well in those big, happy families. [http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-may-29-2012/intro---socialism---roger-ailes?xrs=synd_facebook Socialism, socialism, socialism. Socialism? Socialism! Socialism...] Good morning! 8 ways Christian fundamentalists create atheists Godwin is on our side for once. EA = Wal-Mart 2.0 Is everyone ready for another Bush v. Gore? A webcomic offers something philosophers of ethics may need to consider. Climate deniers are branching out to new forms of denialism.

<vote poll=blog2309 closed="yes">The Stridency and Sensitivity of Carl Sagan (on why Dawkins is getting more flak than Sagan) <vote poll=blog2308 closed="yes">[http://imgur.com/r/atheism/cNSZb Who sells this bumper sticker? Everybody at RW will probably want to buy a dozen.] And this one too. <vote poll=blog2307 closed="yes">Sascha Baron Cohen as The Dictator gets it. Note: Link taken down by copyright claims. <vote poll=blog2306 closed="yes">TED slides further into corporatism. <vote poll=blog2305 closed="yes">2030 - Oxygen tanks and frozen corpses to be seen from orbit <vote poll=blog2304 closed="yes">Maybe everything will go alright in Europe after all. <vote poll=blog2303 closed="yes">[http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/whooping-cough-dangerous/ Anti-vaxxers think that whooping cough is nothing. They'd be wrong. Again] <vote poll=blog2302 closed="yes">"The Conservative Fantasy History of Civil Rights". Or as the photo caption puts it, "Ronald Reagan, Strom Thurmond, and other civil rights heroes. Not pictured: black people." <vote poll=blog2301 closed="yes">If 1,200 emails can convince the Arizona Secretary of State to investigate Obama's origins, does this mean enough signatures can get him to investigate anything? <vote poll=blog2300 closed="yes">Try not to wince. <vote poll=blog2299 closed="yes">Oklahoma courts set an interesting precedent.

<vote poll=blog2298 closed="yes">Futurama does what it does best - explain the entirety of US politics in less than a minute. <vote poll=blog2297 closed="yes">Over fifteen years and a ridiculous amount of blockbusters on, can Will Smith shake off the shackles of The Fresh Prince? He can not. (BONUS: He does his thing at 1:50. BEST CHAT SHOW EVER.) <vote poll=blog2296 closed="yes">Polls shows America still has its head up its ass about global warming <vote poll=blog2295 closed="yes">Karma: It works, bitches. <vote poll=blog2294 closed="yes"> A pretty balanced, non-tl;dr version of what's happening in Greece.

<vote poll=blog2293 closed="yes">As the first riding gets null and void, Sacha Baron Cohen General Aladeen praises our good ol' Canadian friend. <vote poll=blog2292 closed="yes">Apple is fucked. <vote poll=blog2291 closed="yes">Want to pray before you have sex? The Catholics have a prayer for that. <vote poll=blog2290 closed="yes">A case of some actual exaggeration about global warming. <vote poll=blog2289 closed="yes">Interesting list of Daily Mail fans around here... <vote poll=blog2288 closed="yes">[http://scienceornot.net/2012/05/06/a-meryl-dorey-story-or-not/ Meryl Dorey drinks water to cure whooping cough. Calls it quantum medicine.] <vote poll=blog2287 closed="yes">[http://www.skepticalraptor.com/skepticalraptorblog.php/british-columbia-zombie-preparedness-week/ Eh? Zombies invade British Columbia].

<vote poll=blog2286 closed="yes">Scalzi's take on white male privilege <vote poll=blog2285 closed="yes">Tesla > Edison <vote poll=blog2284 closed="yes">The inevitable Heartland Institute parody billboards. <vote poll=blog2283 closed="yes">Just wait for the first Madame President... <vote poll=blog2282 closed="yes">Religiosity versus societal dysfunction in the US. Religiosity is a symptom of failure. <vote poll=blog2281 closed="yes">It seems that some people are concerned that Mitt Romney didn't get the memo informing him that the Cold War ended 21 years ago. (As an aside, it seems that some people in Hollywood also didn't get the memo. And WTF!  North Korea?  Really?)

<vote poll=blog2280 closed="yes">Producing very expensive urine does not cure cancer

<vote poll=blog2278 closed="yes">Website: Would Jesus Discriminate? <vote poll=blog2277 closed="yes">Create RationalWiki Gilbert and Sullivan troupe in 3, 2, 1...

<vote poll=blog2276 closed="yes">Bottled water facts <vote poll=blog2275 closed="yes">Republicans, meet vaginas. <vote poll=blog2274 closed="yes">Shortest evolution debate ever? <vote poll=blog2273 closed="yes">Meet the New Communism, same as the Old Communism. <vote poll=blog2272 closed="yes">Nina Strohminger (psychology grad student at University of Michigan) doesn't often rip a Colin McGinn book apart. But when she does... <vote poll=blog2271 closed="yes">Presidential nomination tip: never let an Antarctic-based aquatic bird attack you, presumably for denying global warming. <vote poll=blog2270 closed="yes">Indeed. Global warming and warming caused by windmills are different. Duh.