Unintended Consequences

From Wired - Evolution Wins as Creationists (Accidentally) Switch Sides in Florida. Apparently those who thought that a "scientific theory" means something less than it does have now got a curriculum that must teach the "scientific theory of evolution." That's the result of believing in your own erroneous rhetoric.

Heh.

Book TV - The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature

Saw a great talk on CSPAN's Book TV this weekend, from Steven Pinker on The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature. If you haven't caught it, it's being repeated on Dec 2 1200 AM. Set your recording device and prepare for a Sunday morning of laughter at his talk on "crazy language" in general and "swearing as the language of emotion" in particular.

Fucking brilliant.