I was sick Sunday, and I'm a bit off today, so everything is 36 to 48 hours off. So, my review of Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future
1) An interesting post by David Dobbs places the current discussion regarding religion and science in an historical context: PZ Myers, Chris Mooney, Asa Gray, and the religion-science divide
2) Stephanie Zvan at Almost Diamonds discusses the Mooney/Kirshenbaum strategy.
3) Stephanie also addresses this issue a bit more circumspectly in a post on "Mere Factual Accuracy" at Quiche Moraine.
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