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Is Fox News Channel’s obvious bias a ‘myth’ or what?

This morning, Fox and Friends behaved like cheerleaders to support the idea that a science text that dismisses Creationism as a matter outside the scope of science should be banned. Just banned, or burned, I wonder? Now? In its third edition? It was fine from 1998 till now, but now it’s [...] [...]

Irrational Debate? What’s the point?

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My mama always said, “being right and winning an argument are two completely separate things.”  Truer advice has seldom been uttered. It applies to long-term relationships, the fact-and-evidence folks fighting with the belief folks, and this blog. [...]

Why are we panicking over a “theory”?

With the Religionists desperately denying climate change, evolution, and other scientific realities, I think it’s important that we take a moment to understand the word “theory” in its scientific context. A “theory” is not just a guess.  Scientists have a different word for that:  “hypothesis.”  In order for a hypothesis to be upgraded to a [...] [...]