Atheists are funnier

Over the past few days I’ve noticed a difference between the posts on “atheist” blogs and those on “accommodationist” blogs:  the people who comment on atheist blogs seem funnier.   While both sides defend their turf with ardor, I find myself chuckling more at the atheist posts: they seem to use humor and sarcasm more often, [...]

Unscientific Unscientific America. Part 1.

In Unscientific America, Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum (hencefore M&K) assert that America is awash in a tsunami of scientific illiteracy.  They see this as a severe threat to Americans’ ability to make reasoned judgments about matters like vaccines and global warming, and to America’s preeminence in science.
Where does the problem come from? In an [...]