This study was enlightening, while some of the results were predictable, others were disturbing and shocking.

I don’t know whats funnier, that there is a spike in common sense right after the “D” marked in 2007 on the chart at all, or the story for which “D” marked.

Heres the predictable part, the United States is mored interested in bullshit than common sense. But seriously what the f– is going on over in Canada and Australia?

Stranger still, Seattle is more interested in bullshit than Los Angeles, New York & Washington D.C. I’m almost speechless. Because this also says Washington D.C. searches for common sense more than bullshit. Note to self, contact Google — something is broken with Trends.

From Scienceblogs, a quote I must not let you miss, showing an interesting turn of conversation. Check it out the full beast here. Terse and lovely, the turn goes…

The other thing we evolutionary biologists don’t do enough of, and this stems from the previous point, is make an emotional and moral case for the study of evolution. Last night, I concluded my talk with a quote from Dover, PA creationist school board member William Cunningham, who declared, “Two thousand years ago someone died on a cross. Can’t someone take a stand for him?”

My response was, “In the last two minutes, someone died from a bacterial infection. We take a stand for him.”

List of Logical Fallacies

1927-1933 Chart of Pompous Prognosticators

Partying Like Its 1929

Monday

Many questions hung in the air Monday, March 17, 2008. Most of the market waited on edge to find out what would happen at the open. Starting that weekend and leading into Monday morning, it became about four words. Those four magic words — Is this the bottom? — still linger in the minds of analysts and traders now almost a full week later. Very few questions were answered Monday. In fact, it became only more confusing as the week went on. Read the rest of this entry »