I came across this well written essay today on the Paluxy River foot prints. For those who've never heard of them, the site purportedly shows evidence (via co-mingled foot prints and dinosaur tracks) that humans and dinosaurs lived at the same time. Consequently, it...
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Sub-Plot from The Portent in the News: Secret Meeting Held at Harvard about Creating a Synthetic Human Genome
This happened at least a half dozen times with The Facade -- something in the book becomes news after the fact. Here we go again with The Portent: From the Christian Science Monitor: Why did Harvard Scientists Hold a 'Secret' Synthetic Genome Meeting? This is why you...
DNA CRISPR Critters: We Shall Be as Gods
Have you read my novel, The Portent? If so, the subject matter of the link below will sound familiar: Gene Drives – Will Conqueror Biomolecular Bots Dictate a New Book of Life? One of the sub-plots to The Portent is the use of genetic alteration and synthetic biology...
There’s PaleoBabble in the Evangelical World, Too
What's fair is fair. Sanctified paleobabble is still paleobabble. The excellent Evangelical Textual Criticism blog posted this back in February: "Debunking Silly Statements about the Bible." Most of the items are examples of claims that over-extend the data. That sort...
Naked Bible 86: The Head Covering of 1 Corinthians 11:13-15
This episode begins a series of topical episodes following the end of our series on Leviticus. The topic for this episode is the controversial head covering reference in 1 Cor. 11:13-15. The discussion summarizes the material discussed in a scholarly journal article...
The Sphinx 800,000 Years Old? A Good Lesson on How Alternative Historians Select Their Data
You may have seen this item enthusiastically recently reported on the Ancient Code site: "Scientists: Geological evidence shows the Great Sphinx is 800,000 years old." Ancient Code is a repository of fringe archaeology. Surprise! What Ancient Code doesn't tell you is...
A New Planet Beyond Pluto? Sitchin is Still Wrong
I've been getting emails about the news that some scientists are claiming (note: a claim isn't the same as established fact) that there is a very large planet beyond Pluto. This naturally excites Sitchinites and other ancient astronaut theorists who follow the work of...
The Betty and Barney Hill Case: More Reasons to Disbelieve
Robert Schaeffer's recent post on the Hill case is worth a close read: Dr. Simon Reveals his Real Thoughts on the Hill "UFO Abduction" Case. In the post Schaeffer provides new documentation as to the inconsistencies of the Hill testimony, including evidence that the...
Five Mysterious Unidentified Radio Signals: Is ET Calling?
An interesting article from the UK Express about indeterminate signals from space. Enjoy!
Interview with Annie Jacobsen on DARPA
I was fortunate to spend some time with Derek and Sharon Gilbert last week in Missouri. One of the things we talked about briefly was Annie Jacobsen's work. I highly recommend her books Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base and Operation...
Pluto Fly-By Conspiracies: More Pseudo-Science
The fly-by photographs taken of Pluto as part of NASA's New Horizons mission to gather data on Pluto have been all the rage on the internet. Naturally, not everything has gone as expected; there have been technical glitches. Equally as normative, voices on the...
Remember Gravity Modification and Rotation with Superconductors for UFO Propulsion in The Facade?
Watch this:
Distinguished Editor of Lancet Medical Journal: Much of Peer-Reviewed Content is Bogus
This pronouncement will no doubt cause a firestorm. Here's the pull quote: “The case against science is straightforward: much of the scientific literature, perhaps half, may simply be untrue. Afflicted by studies with small sample sizes, tiny effects, invalid...
Has NASA Successfully Tested a Warp Drive?
That's the question raised in this article. And no, it's not from a hair-brained source. There appears to be something to it (presuming the report is accurate that some of the chat comes from NASA engineers), though the testing has not been verified. This possibility...
Science News Anticipated in The Facade and The Portent
This news item if course isn't the only such element in either of my novels that have made it to public discourse after publication. I've blogged a number of them before. Just thought readers would enjoy this: The First Demonstration Of Self-Propelled Nanobots In A...