If you live in a jurisdiction that enforces political correctness, consult your human rights advisor about whether you are permitted to read any of the following items of information:

Robert Knight asks the questions many won’t ask about AIDS:

One would think a 10 percent failure rate against a 100 percent fatal disease would continue to make news, but the stat has disappeared into a media black hole.
Likewise, the media decline to dig deeply into alleged success claims for needle-exchange programs. All three leading Democratic presidential candidates have pledged to increase federal money for needle giveaway programs, yet reporters seem to lack curiosity about whether these programs actually work.

If “works” means “creates jobs for adminbots”, the answer is yes. Otherwise, well, not in any universe contiguous with ours, or not any time soon.

The straight dope (so to speak) on intelligence by James Flynn:

Despite all the triumphs of the concept of general intelligence, I believe intelligence is like the atom: you have to know both why its parts cohere and why they sometimes fly apart. Americans made massive IQ gains on the WISC between 1947 and 2002 amounting to almost 18 points of Full Scale IQ. These gains ranged from only 2 points on the WISC subtest called Information to 24 points on the subtest called Similarites (what do dogs and rabbits have in common?), despite the fact that both have the cognitive complexity that makes them good measures of g.

Also:

Is being bossy in your elder sister’s genes? Or does she just enjoy her role?

British journalist blasts the anti-God nutters

How did religious affiliation become so important in politics, columnist asks

AntiMatters reviews The Spiritual Brain

Intelligence: How much is heredity and how much is environment?

US anti-religious group loses standing to fight lawsuits at others’ expense

Religious freedom: Canadian broadcaster airs documentary on Falun Gong

Eoozon - dawn and dusk of a dawn fossil fraud

Reflections on key recent events: Eminent science journal advises meat puppets to get over the “image of God” rubbish

(Design of Life blog is temporarily at Uncommon Descent, while the site blog is readied. )

Is a giant cold spot evidence for parallel universes? Or of pop science journalism?

Wrap-up reflections on the University of Toronto intelligent design course - does there have to be a designer? That depends on where you live.

The Internet and the intelligent design controversy

The Economist on the surfboard Theory of Everything

British journalist Melanie Phillips weighs in for the ID guys

What I told the most recent batch of filmmakers shooting up Toronto about why there is an intelligent design controversy.

Why do people still take Steve Weinberg’s opinions seriously?

Selfish gene? How about the selfish genius? Are yu a support dad? Read this only if you can withstand being freaked out!

Antony Flew: author or puppet?

The Spiritual Brain as an audiobook: Hear a sample

Why intelligent design is going to win

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