The Smug Baldy Speaks

Many people like to think that humanity is rightfully master of the universe because only our species can perform complex symbolic reasoning and do cool things with our opposable thumbs. We enjoy our spot at the apex of the food chain, at the very pinnacle of evolution, even though we defined the rules by which [...]

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Today is Super Tuesday, when 24 states go to the polls and hopefully, further winnow the field of presidential candidates. For me, I’m enjoying Mardi Gras, having already cast my vote in the Mobile County special Don’t Drink and Vote preview election held last week. So let’s take a quick look at the remaining front [...]

Donny (Dane maybe?) really needs to take a vacation, but will he make it?. Good demo of the Color Range selector tool, and no juice boxes were harmed in the filming of this episode.

The Bush administration recently bent over and gave us all a peek at where they plan to dig up part of the $150 billion for the as yet unpaid-for emergency economic stimulus package: their ass. Actually, it’s more like they’re using the FCC to pull it out of ABC’s ass. With a charge of broadcasting [...]

They say that Truth is the first casualty in war. Not now. Not in this war. A week ago, a hacker group calling themselves Anonymous posted their Declaration of War against the “Church” of Scientology, shortly after they were able to bring down one of the church’s websites. Then afterwards, Anonymous posted a second vid [...]

This comes from MyDamnChannel by way of LifeHacker – it’s a bit tongue in cheek while it takes you through a photoshop tutorial. Very funny indeed.

The question is simple enough: As you watched the scores of U.S. Presidential debates, did you ever wonder why there has been no debate devoted to policy surrounding what may be the most important social issue of our time: Science and Technology? Well it turns out that plenty of folks wondered about this, and were [...]

With every presidential candidate shifting into total balls-out (or labia-out, as the case may be) pander-or-perish mode, I think it’s important to cut through the inane hype where possible, and get at their positions on issues that matter to me. One such issue is education. While the uneducated and undereducated aren’t necessarily stupid, they’re still [...]

In the latest issue of the eSkeptic newsletter is a link to an interesting debate held at Cal-Tech between Dinesh D’Souza and Michael Shermer over the relationship between science and religion. In this debate on what are arguably two of the most important questions in the culture wars today — Is Religion a Force for [...]