A note in one of jeff_duntemann‘s Odd Lots led me to Look Who’s Irrational Now, reporting on a study by Baylor University and the Gallup organization. with some surprising conclusions
Skepticism, credulity, and religion
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A show we won’t see
Must see TV
Simple logic about 9/11
From Bad Astronomy:
…. it’s generally best to look at the evidence. In this case, I doubt strongly that 9/11 was an inside job by the Bush Administration. For one thing, it would involve intelligence, planning, and an ability to actually think things through. Trying to pin that on this Administration is ridiculous. C’mon! We have a President who has a hard time eating pretzels here.
I want to see this!
Mixed Nuts
Two recent incidents at Midwestern universities, actually quite similar IMHO:
From If you reject a teaching job applicant because he believes a crazy conspiracy theory…:
[….] the University of Wisconsin has not rehired 9/11 conspiracy believer Kevin Barrett to teach a course on the history of Islam. […] if we know a person believes something truly nutty, are we not entitled to use that as evidence of his intelligence, judgment, and trustworthiness?
From Silly creationists, Universities are for scientists:
….Iowa State University denied tenure to astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez. As it happens, Gonzalez is an advocate of Intelligent Design, which has been legally ruled to be not only religion, but actually just warmed-over creationism.
I believe both Universities acted correctly.
“I am not making this up, you know”
From The Astrological Magazine
We regret to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances beyond our control, the publication of The Astrological Magazine will cease with the December 2007 issue.
(Emphasis mine). Via
Religious thinking
Following a link from GetReligion, I saw that a Seattle Parish Offers Astrology Workshop.
I am not happy about this. I can handle all sorts of unorthodox thinking in the Episcopal Church. E.g., for decades I have been going to churches that are very welcoming of gays and lesbians, and sometimes have gay and lesbian clergy.
However, this is different. I do not consider astrology to be thinking.
Bad Astronomy looks at Transformers
Our firstborn has been a Transformers fan for a long time, so this caught my attention. See BA Transformers review now online, then Review: Transformers. There was a good comment about automobiles, although others have made the same observation, and possibly before Douglas Adams (L. Sprague deCamp comes to mind).
My Kind of Horoscope
From “Kevin & Kell” via Bad Astronomy.
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 
