Monthly Archives: August 2015

Nothing in Conservatism Makes Sense Except in the Light of Creationism: The Trump Edition

Posted on August 11, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

As always, with apologies to Theodosius Dobzhansky. It’s worth noting that Trump is essentially the Sarah Palin they’ve been waiting for. Consider this: While people have described Palin as engaging in identity politics, that sells identity politics short. Palin along … Continue reading →

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In Which I Don My Tin Foil Helmet

Posted on August 11, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Three years ago, I stumbled across a paper by a mathematician who noticed something very odd in the 2012 primaries: …this pattern [a consistent pattern favoring Republicans that trends upward as the number of votes cast in a precinct or … Continue reading →

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Links 8/10/15

Posted on August 10, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: “Super bacteria” found in the water at Rio Olympics site (KPCs. Disturbing on many levels) Trolling economists Save the Shipwrecks to Save the Fish (and the Fishing) The backlash to the backlash against p-values (my thoughts … Continue reading →

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Science Abuse By Political Pundits

Posted on August 10, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

In the aftermath of the Travelling Clown Car Circus that passes for the Republican presidential debate circuit, much punditry has occurred. I hereby declare Ed Luce the recipient of the Huckabee Honorary DNA Schedule Award for Most Ridiculous Unscientific Metaphor … Continue reading →

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Rewriting the First Draft of History: The GOP Debate Edition

Posted on August 10, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

So Fox News released a ‘transcript’ of last week’s debate. The reason I put transcript in scare quotes is that at least two parts of the debate have been scrubbed from Fox News’ transcript. First, Jeb! has ties to the … Continue reading →

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Links 8/9/15

Posted on August 9, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Plague or anthrax on the subway? Think again, says now-corrected study (wrote about this here. It should have never been published as long as it contained the anthrax/plague conclusions–a competent editor would have picked better reviewers) … Continue reading →

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Orange, Fiery

Posted on August 9, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Observed on T Street, between 15th and 16th, Dupont Circle, D.C.:

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‘Femwashing’ Brutality

Posted on August 9, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Over the last couple of weeks, there have been quite a few posts about mixed martial arts/ultimate fighting that have come across the transom. Most of them have focused on female fighter Ronda Rousey, who reigns supreme (most of her … Continue reading →

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Links 8/8/15

Posted on August 8, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you. Science: Ignorant celebrities lobby U.S. Congress against GMOs The Connoisseur of Number Sequences: For more than 50 years, the mathematician Neil Sloane has curated the authoritative collection of interesting and important integer sequences. A genome-wide analysis of … Continue reading →

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Cognitively Trapped By Cars

Posted on August 8, 2015 by mikethemadbiologist

Consider the following statistic: As a planning and transportation geek, I understand that each year, in the United States, about 35,000 people are killed in plane crashes and about 2,000,000 are injured. I’ve known those numbers for years and relayed … Continue reading →

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