Left Brain, Right Brain

I can't believe I'm behind on an internet phenomenon that started in JUNE. I'm very embarassed.

Nevertheless, it's probably never too late to join the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Hey, this "logic" is as good as any other, right?

Back in this entry I posted pix of a pretty moth I found at work.

Today I found out that it is a type of Hummingbird Moth called a White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata). I also found some really neat pictures of them:

Info and Picture

Picture

Really big pretty picture

Well, even if Kansas would like to move backwards, at least Dover, Pennsylvania is doing better.

Dover has 9 school-board members. All of them supported "Intelligent Design" being taught in classrooms. Eight of them were up for re-election this week, and eight of them LOST.

Thank you, people of Dover, for caring enough about your children to allow them to learn how to think and question in a scientific way.

Here's a link to the USA Today story on it, but you can find info at any other news source.

I just found out that the Kansas Board of Education voted 6-4 in favor of having schools teach "Intelligent Design" and also casting doubt on evolution. Board member John Bacon said, "It gets rid of a lot of dogma that's being taught in the classroom today." WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK DOGMA IS, IF NOT PRETENDING YOUR IMAGINARY FRIEND MUST HAVE CREATED STUFF BECAUSE IT'S TOO COMPLEX FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND?!? And not just pretending that, but FORCING others to accept/believe it with NO OTHER OPTIONS OR QUESTIONING ALLOWED.

This is getting out of hand. Kansas needs to be removed from the country, or else disallowed from "educating" American children. Is it any wonder our students lag behind the rest of the world in math and science? What's worst is that I've seen news clips where these IDiots refer to those of us who adhere to scientific method as "Fundamentalists." WHAT THE F$#K??? What is this country coming to? I swear I just don't want to have anything to do with any of it at times like this.

When did we start moving backwards from progress? How long will it be before scientific testing of any kind is referred to as blasphemy and people are locked up for asking questions?

I just want to scream. I seriously do. Right here in my office. I can't wait until Friday when I'm driving 3.5 hours to Fargo. I am going to scream in my car the entire time.

This is kinda cool... and also rather freaky. Scientists are finding ways to use MRI scanners to read subjects' minds (kind of).

Full story here. (Opens in new window)