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So, check out this retarded post at the Huntington Post, Goodbye Selfish-Gene: A New Upheaval in the Science of Human Behavior: Plain talk: The Darwinian prop of the lone cowboy rugged conservative bundle of selfish genes has now been pulled out from under the cowboy and the lone cowboy has…
Christopher Hitchens addresses the latest media meltdown by Mel Gibson. It's great stuff; people are making all these excuses for him, that he's not really a racist, he's not really violent, he's not really a misogynist, he's not really a loathsome wackjob…but Hitchens cuts through it all. This is…
It's a slushy Saturday. That means lots of time to read links. Science: Don't Become a Scientist! They really do hate us: "small dog" haplotype from the Middle East A Look into Obesity and Gut Microbiota Splash Down: Pacific Biosciences Unveils Third-Generation Sequencing Machine Anthrax Case…
Martin Cothran's difficulties with basic reading comprehension continue. I'm putting most of this response below the fold, because sometimes someone on the internet is just wrong. All you need to know about Cothran's commitment to the truth is this reply to my claim that "I find [William F.]…