If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

I notice that it is almost three weeks since Rebecca Watson's 'Unpopular Science' blog got updated, despite her initial promise: " I'll be posting here once a week, exposing the Popular Science crowd to the lesser known, much less rigorous, but equally entertaining world of Unpopular Science." I'll...

PZ says: OK. If this happened to me, Iâ€™d place the most importance on my personal experience â€” if I were a successful professional with no history of unethical behavior, Iâ€™d say â€œuh-ohâ€¦maybe these scans arenâ€™t such a reliable indicator of personality after all.â€ I would not say, â€œuh-...

Get ready for the fireworks! http://www.michaelnugent.com/2013/11/26/richard-dawkins-nuanced-memoir-and-the-unjust-personal-smears-against-him/ Nugent criticises Peezus and Watson! Several atheist commentators joined in with these unjustified smears. I will focus on one example, a blog post by PZ M...

There's some lovely rage over here ! PZ posted a photo of an advice-columnists response to a " My son it totes gay, halp plx " letter, and I think the response was very reasonable. On the other hand, some people are pointing out that the original letter seems fake (and I agree), and is just being u...

ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
ConcentratedH2O, OM wrote:
Brive1987 wrote: Well what do you know?

http://i.imgur.com/3yLeSOJ.jpg

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For the record, I am not Bob Smith and I have not posted/emailed/etc that link anywhere but here.
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I know nothing. You can prove nothing.

I know it's a huge mistake to read the Huffpost, but they have an article about one of my favorite social justice warrior topics; cultural appropriation. hungtopsav@yahoo.com Apparently Katy Perry was supposed to ask permission from the original culture(how one does this goes unexplained)before don...

I don't ever know what Avicenna's on about. I doubt anyone really cares, he's not trying to commandeer skeptic organizations, not accusing anyone of rape, not doxxing anyone. He's just a guy with a blog who seems to have an aching need to get in on the drama, so he gets these mysterious "emails" te...

Hey, isn't this the company Becky Whatnot promoted a few days ago? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2513414/Genetic-testing-company-23andMe-ordered-halt-sales-flimsy-science.html 23andMe-ordered-halt-sales-flimsy-science Oh god. That makes my day. Must get link into her Patreon ... and yet I...

Hey, isn't this the company Becky Whatnot promoted a few days ago? http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2513414/Genetic-testing-company-23andMe-ordered-halt-sales-flimsy-science.html 23andMe-ordered-halt-sales-flimsy-science Oh god. That makes my day. Must get link into her Patreon ... and yet I...

John Greg wrote:I have a question for Twitter users: Does the 140 character limit include:

1. spaces
2. links

Thanks.

Apparently yes. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_140_char ... ces#slide1

What is this "ASTI photoshop" that Avi is getting in knots about?

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You have been warned.

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http://i.imgur.com/kSMiggP.png Kinda looks like Tom Cruise in drag :? You know, everyone keeps saying that, but I just don't see the resemblance. One of these days I'm going to have to shop Cruise's face onto her pic as a test to see if you guys are right. But I just don't have the time right now. ...

I use "victim blaming" in its official SJW sense as understood by OB. Obviously the correct Jewish response (if there was one) in 1936 was not as clear as it might be to us. Our frame of reference is not the same the Jews from 1936 had. We read about it knowing that Hitler was what he was, and that...

I agree I agree. Nazi inference. The Jews in 1936 were victims. Jew telling Jew to calm the farm is victim blaming then. Given 1942, criticising the "calm the farmers" in 2013 is also victim blaming. Which is why OB realised she had fucked up. Except it wasnâ€™t â€œthe Jew telling Jew to calm the f...

I use "victim blaming" in its official SJW sense as understood by OB.

Obviously the correct Jewish response (if there was one) in 1936 was not as clear as it might be to us.

I agree I agree. Nazi inference.

The Jews in 1936 were victims. Jew telling Jew to calm the farm is victim blaming then. Given 1942, criticising the "calm the farmers" in 2013 is also victim blaming. Which is why OB realised she had fucked up.

Now Avicenna is e-begging and isn't even posting videos. It appears he is on holidays and wants a camera.

Now there's a first world problem for you.

http://freethoughtblogs.com/amilliongod ... -update-2/

4,4,3,4,2,8,3,11,2,3 = last 10 comment count on Ophilia Benson's blog. Hardly even an echo chamber. Oh and of the 11 post one, 9 were from 2 people. You have to go back something like 40 posts until you reach one where she gets over about 30 comments - and, of course, that is a drama post. The trou...

4,4,3,4,2,8,3,11,2,3 = last 10 comment count on Ophilia Benson's blog.

Hardly even an echo chamber.

Oh and of the 11 post one, 9 were from 2 people.

German:

Thanks! I started watching until Moglia said "I am on this panel because I have Crohn's disease". When no one laughed I realised this video needed to be appreciated at leisure and preferably after a couple of good bourbons. Crohn's not funny - until it becomes part of your CV.

. This eye opener video was on No Cross, No Crescent. Until it was pulled. Here is a copy. Interesting bit starts at 2 min 40 sec. I have never before heard defenders of Islam take this approach! http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2013/10/norway-muslims-confirm-its-not-radical-its-islam...

Finally for tonight. Can anyone imagine what 1.5 hours of: Faith-Based Pseudo-Science with Sarah Moglia, Carrie Poppy, Amy Davis Roth, Rebecca Watson, and moderator Desiree Schell Would consist of? And why for the love of God you would pay to attend? The title could refer to any one of RW's recent ...

Gender Equality in the Secular Movement with Ophelia Benson, R. Elisabeth Cornwell, Debbie Goddard, Stephanie Zvan, and moderator Greta Christina A panel on gender equality with panelists from one gender only. Yep, that's real equality. There isn't so much as a token male listed anywhere on the pro...

Remembering of course that Sarah Moglia is the would be dinosaur who appropriates Neely's: I am a beautiful animal. I am a destroyer of worlds. I am Harry fucking Potter. And, dear readers, at last the world was ... http://i.imgur.com/O7WqLoj.jpg The Skepchicks come out to play, on your dime of cour...

Finally for tonight. Can anyone imagine what 1.5 hours of: Faith-Based Pseudo-Science with Sarah Moglia, Carrie Poppy, Amy Davis Roth, Rebecca Watson, and moderator Desiree Schell Would consist of? And why for the love of God you would pay to attend? The title could refer to any one of RW's recent P...

Is it just me or does Rebecca Watson's self appointed title of "co-host" of SGU grant her more implied prominence than is justified by being the snark/colour jester?

So PZs WiS3 post gets 5 comments. He is waiting to see "if he can swing it" - ie he's having a shifty glance around to see which way the wind blows.

The micro horde similarly wat for a cue.

Crickets for now.

Steersman: I set you straight over at Avicenna's http://i.imgur.com/GvNGtwV.jpg ;) http://freethoughtblogs.com/amilliongods/2013/11/24/official-warning-pitchguest/comment-page-1/#comment-209597 Saw it and responded, although I sort of missed the sarcasm, the smiley, as I had other irons in the fire...

Steersman:

I set you straight over at Avicenna's

http://i.imgur.com/GvNGtwV.jpg

;)

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Hey thanks. The comments remind me of a time when a form of sanity reigned there. "Is there no depravity to which Pharingula won't descend?" PZ: "No" I notice that he still referred to his wife as Trophy Wife back then - before, of course, he moved to FreethoughtBlogs and remembered that he has bee...

Just cleaning my temp file folder and came across this picture I downloaded in 2010 off PZ's site. Why? Because I kind of liked it. Wonder if the post is still there now! http://i.imgur.com/CeVXx3U.jpg http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/03/28/id-use-this-as-my-profile-pic/ Hey thanks. The comm...

Just cleaning my temp file folder and came across this picture I downloaded in 2010 off PZ's site.

Why? Because I kind of liked it.

Wonder if the post is still there now!

http://i.imgur.com/CeVXx3U.jpg

Something is confusing me about Avicenna at the moment. He is, as far as we know, a British medic in training, currently on a work placement in Southern India at a clinic run by a charity. All his posts in recent months seem to back up this point and there is no hint that he is located anywhere els...

Incidentally, everyone be nice to histrionic Hensley: apparently she's been bedridden for the last three weeks https://twitter.com/MelodyHensley/status/404026662875967488 That's right - she's been in bed too sick to go to work all month -- except, according to her Twitter, for the 6th, when she had...

. PZ : I saw this title on an article by Randall Collins and my hackles rose, my eyes turned red, I started to sprout hair everywhere as I growled and slavered. I will have blood. http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/11/24/if-teachers-are-welfare-queens-then-social-theorists-at-ivy-league-co...

Of course, he's also a huge cunt, but that goes with the bargain. I like cunt. Indeed. I rather like that he agreed with me that the Phawrongula article on, I think, Sally Strange's supposed sockpuppeting was beyond the pale - and went ahead and deleted the claim. Though his understanding of "prete...

. PZ : I saw this title on an article by Randall Collins and my hackles rose, my eyes turned red, I started to sprout hair everywhere as I growled and slavered. I will have blood. http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/11/24/if-teachers-are-welfare-queens-then-social-theorists-at-ivy-league-col...

PZ posts a music video with a short cut of 3 women running free in top and bottom PJs. Commentators worry about a (lesbian?) rape scene unfolding before their eyes ...... For the love of Christ. Then someone worries about the poor animals spooked by the filming helicopter..... No joy to be had ther...

Thunderfoot has a new video out and now is emulating RW by going Patreon. I think he's making a better sales pitch than Becky did though. [youtube]w9smCzxtdkY[/youtube] Et tu, Thunderfoot? When the ebegging epidemy will stop? Rebecca and The Amazing Atheist I can understand, because they are both l...

Begone random ' begone I say.

It's not always that I find Encyclopedia Dramatica gets things right, but for once I think Encyclopedia Dramatica gets it right: TRIGGER WARNING: Encyclopedia Dramatica https://encyclopediadramatica.es/Social_Justice From ED, Tell them that "Minor-attracted persons" are an oppressed sexual minority...

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PZ posts a music video with a short cut of 3 women running free in top and bottom PJs. Commentators worry about a (lesbian?) rape scene unfolding before their eyes ...... For the love of Christ. Then someone worries about the poor animals spooked by the filming helicopter..... No joy to be had there...

Tapir wrote:Fine shower Taslima's lot are.

http://freethoughtblogs.com/taslima/201 ... ent-192856

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FtB is without doubt the safe harbour for broken dollies.

Bravo Dr Who 50th Anniversary special. Now that's a real SJW!

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http://skepchick.org/2013/11/goodbye-sylvia-browne/

They've installed a giant hollyday Bjarte in front of my house. Look at those big empty eyes, watching, waiting , not being funny in any way at all... http://i391.photobucket.com/albums/oo352/fairyphil/Photo0476_zps8fe494a0.jpg Hey take one when its lit up - looks amazing. http://hungeree.com/socie...

Damion clearly believes he sits in the middle of two extremes. This is obviously a simplistic view of the two poles - but it is a convenient take. You are normally so insightful, Brive, but you've gone pretty wide of the mark here. Between the entryist social justice callout-culture insurgency (cen...

He was trolling skepticon?...nah...he be trollin' us...I think...(all getting a bit meta for my simple farmer's mind) and 'epic'??? really? Seems like a cunt move for effect to me. And as I'll reiterate he hasn't addressed the substance of the criticism herein. Looks to me like he just wants to pro...

[youtube]1_g-gTcohSQ[/youtube] Thanks so much Phil, I had forgotten this song. Brings back so many memories. That, and this one: [youtube]um5Jq9_Kcbe] Actually, specifically the title track: [youtube]YqnOkgckKyY[/youtube] Classic. I introduced my son to this last week. Happily he thought it was "ki...

I wonder how much of Watson's dancing on the grave of SB will transfer onto SGU. It appears causing relatives grief = a bad thing is a pretty disposable concept.

Or does she think Sylvia can hear her from beyond the grave?

Have you read the biography for Myers on the speakers bios page? http://whc2014.org.uk/speaker-bios/ PZ Meyers. A godless liberal biologist, P Z Myers is associate professor of biology at the University of Minnesota Morris, currently working with zebrafish in the field of evolutionary developmental...

Richard Hollis, your basket is waiting. Be a chew toy no more!

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Nice to see 3 of the first 6 comments on PZs Darwin post question are "who gives a fuck". At some point PZ will wake up to the fact that the bridge over the Rubicon only permits one way traffic. http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/11/21/an-important-historical-question/#comments Myers says:...

Nice to see 3 of the first 6 comments on PZs Darwin post question are "who gives a fuck".

At some point PZ will wake up to the fact that the bridge over the Rubicon only permits one way traffic.

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<quotes> Rock on Steersman. IMO there are one or two far more pretentious people commenting here. If they don't deserve opprobrium, then neither do you. It all forms a rich tapestry. In fact on reflection, actively "ignoring" someone here is perhaps the greatest conceit of all. IMO. Indeed, let me ...

<snip> Whew! At least you apparently think that Iâ€™m not totally beyond the pale, that there are some redeeming aspects to my screeds. ... Rock on Steersman. IMO there are one or two far more pretentious people commenting here. If they don't deserve opprobrium, then neither do you. It all forms a ...

While I don't think we always need to write the way Steersman does all the time, it would be nice if more people learned how to do it, and used the skill when necessary. Steersman is mostly just a pretentious twat who really thinks there's a direct lineage between his drawn out internet guffs and t...

What does this mean: http://i.imgur.com/HNU8TQU.jpg When I turn it around I get: "let's avoid sharia bashing while still opposing muslims" But the point here was that Muslims are nice peaceful people as a whole ..... :doh: Naturally a peaceful Muslim is, strictly speaking an oxymoron - unless we wan...

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