MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'creationism/evolution'. Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:45:31 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2149585&cid=t_124324_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Fscienceblogs%2FAyaJ%2F%7E3%2Fdwgt10WS-HU%2Fcreationist_crap_lawsuit_dismi.php The detritus of the Bush era continues to wash ashore, but some of it has decomposed sufficiently that it isn't as noxious as when first dumped into the sea. One example is what was left of a Federal lawsuit filed by a creationist post doc against the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution alleging he was fired for his religious views. Those views were of the Creationist variety, and the job he was fired from was research involving development in zebra fish, specifically involving evolutionary processes. His views, per se, had nothing to do with it, of course. It was that his views prevented him from doing the necessary work. I didn't write about this at the time because it was well covered in the scientific press and I know the researcher who allegedly discriminated against the complainant ... Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2149585 Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:12:20 +0100 2149585 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=674453&cid=t_124324_99_f&fid=34593&url=http%3A%2F%2Fscienceblogs.com%2Feffectmeasure%2F2007%2F06%2Flets_just_believe_everything.php We all know it is possible for people to hold two contradictory ideas in their head at the same time. Evolution and creationism are a case in point. Apparently in a recent USAToday/Gallup Poll, a majority of my fellow citizens responded they believe both are likely explanations for life on earth. Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post... (Source: Effect Measure) Effect Measure blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=674453 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:02:18 +0100 674453 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=623770&cid=t_124324_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F118096761%2F A post by PZ Meyers at Pharyngula today states that “Our school boards are broken“: One of the big problems is that any idiot who may well lack any experience i education, or even any interest in education beyond destroying it, can run for school board and actually get elected. Case in point: Ken Willard, one of the Kansas rubes who tried to get Intelligent Design creationism into the curriculum, has just upped the ante and decided to run for the national presidency of the association of state boards of education. It’s incredible—he’s an insurance executive with no competence and no qualifications other than that he’s a fervent dogmatist who wants his religious beliefs taught, and that he has the backing of the Discovery Institute. Meyers’ concern is... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=623770 Sun, 20 May 2007 04:25:13 +0100 623770 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=529716&cid=t_124324_107_f&fid=35009&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsciencesque.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F04%2F08%2Fframing-science-a-new-skin-for-the-old-ceremony%2F     The blogosphere is all lit up with views and commentary on the “Framing Science” article by Matthew Nisbet and Chris Mooney. Interesting discussion can be found at Sandwalk, A Blog Aroung The Clock (and links within), Pharyngula, as well as Matthew Nisbet’s site. Essentially, the article argues that scientists are losing the battle of popular opinion because they don’t frame science in a way that normal folk can relate to. People glaze over when someone start to talk science. Unless scientists and science writers get better at communicating with the public, so the argument goes, we will lose valuable mind-space to interests that are better “framers”, such as Conservative politicians and the Intelligent Design movement. If only scientis... Sciencesque blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=529716 Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:37:27 +0100 529716