An Analysis of the Itsy Bitsy Spider

(Tips hat towards the Barefoot Bum, so glad your retirement was short-lived.)

Evolution, Big Bang Polls Omitted From NSF Report - ScienceInsider

Evolution, Big Bang Polls Omitted From NSF Report - ScienceInsider

In an era of diminishing returns, statisticians can be clever knowing (of course) that the number never lie. Don't like the skewing? Omit the factors that cause the skew et voilà ce sera parfait! In order to avoid the problem of religious objections to science and better yet avoid having to address his, the

National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation (NSF), says it chose to leave the section out of the 2010 edition of the biennial Science and Engineering Indicators because the survey questions used to measure knowledge of the two topics force respondents to choose between factual knowledge and religious beliefs.

What an unpleasant taste this precedent leaves. I guess if you omit the horrific rate in which the US incarcerates its citizens, executes them and foreign nationals, dumbs down sexual education programmes, it is indeed the best country in the world. Just set some more comprehensive accountancy at toil and it will be perfect. Perhaps re-write history books whilst we're at it: Let Texas lead the way!

(Thanks to the Barefoot Bum for the tip on the story.)

Legal to Lie; the Death of the Barefoot Bum's blog

I am sad to report this is the last entry of The Barefoot Bum. I really enjoyed some of the Bum's posts they were brilliant and insightful. I am glad the Bum chose to reactivate the archives so that they can be revisisted. This last article stems from a very disturbing precedent in US courts. I refer you, O Constant ListenerZ, to the documentary THE CORPORATION in which the case is first publicly discussed. This is subversive. Where is the outcry?

Sadly, the blog's sidebar reads: "The blog is closed for good. I will not reopen it. Browse the archives as you please, but it's all useless bullshit."