welcome to science weekend

[rone]

• Via iayork, an interview with Judge John E. Jones III, who presided over the Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District case, and whose judgement was a thorough and scathing indictment of Intelligent Design. mmcirvin does this much better than i do. If i were king, i'd swap out Scalia from the Supreme Court for Jones right now.
• Via wolffire, an article about Biodynamics; i was under the impression that it was merely an alternative version of organic farming. I was stunned to find out just how insanely ludicrous it actually is. Needless to say, when i run a vineyard, i will not be calling any of these clowns for certification.
• Via someone i can't recall, climate scientists correct data that indicated that the oceans were cooling. This is a clinic in how science works. Feel free to print this out, roll it up, and whack the next global warming denier across the nose with it.

Comments

[solipsistnation.livejournal.com]

Sooo, Biodynamics is not only full of a number of varieties of shit, but also arguably not vegetarian. (Even if you're okay with using fish scales in the wine-making process, which I really don't mind, the whole "slaughtered a cow here and let it bleed out over the compost before packing it with sawdust and burying it" thing is pretty freaky.)