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

[http://users.livejournal.com/_nicolai_/]

I lost it at about "...a strong advocate of Biodynamic fare who firmly believes the taste of a wine is affected by the zodiac sign of the day it is uncorked.. ".

[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.)

[solipsistnation.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, and the bonny doon wines all feature that crystallization thingy on the labels these days... They make it look like a balloon, although if you just see it in passing it mostly resembles a rolled-up condom...

[opadit.livejournal.com]

If you have an hour or so, you may find that reading up on Rudolf Steiner and Waldorf schooling is highly entertaining.

[nixzusehen.livejournal.com]

I encountered this for the the first time thanksgiving weekend at Cooper Mountain. They even had the Fire/Earth/Air... yadda yadda yadda tastings. I actually rather like their "b-label" Cooper Hill Pinot Noir. Too bad they are, apparently, complete fucking nutters.

[anotherdave.livejournal.com]

This could only get weirder if Scientology were involved.