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http://pleion.blogspot.com/ - Pleiotropy comes from the Greek πλείων pleion, meaning "more", and τρέπειν trepein, meaning "to turn, to convert". It designates the occurrence of a single gene affecting multiple traits, and it is a hugely important concept in ...

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Comment moderation
— pleion.blogspot.com — The time has come when I am too annoyed with the spam. I get links to dating-sites... and bots posting Viagra advertisements.Comment moderation is on for posts older than seven days, and I've added a captcha image for commenting. (more) Comment moderation

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pleion.blogspot.com - 24 hours ago
Supremely incompatible accounts of an ID/evolution debate
— pleion.blogspot.com — This is really strange.It's not that I don't know that when two opposing sides debate, they will... often walk away with different observations of what went down. We are human, and we are biased. We will naturally focus on the wins we get in, and automatically downplay our losses. So when ... (more) Supremely incompatible accounts of an ID/evolution debate

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pleion.blogspot.com - 31 hours ago
Lecture on why it doesn't matter that Nidal Malik Hasan is Muslim
— pleion.blogspot.com — Here's a little lecture I would very much like to go to. It is, incidentally, right in... my hood, but I am afraid I most likely won't be able to go.Responding to the Fort Hood TragedyImam Zaid Shakir will be presenting a talk to the Claremont College community to address the Fort Hood tragedy: the ... (more) Lecture on why it doesn't matter that Nidal Malik Hasan ...

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pleion.blogspot.com - 33 hours ago
Funny ad
— pleion.blogspot.com — I'm looking intensively for a postdic job for when (if) I graduate in the end of Spring... 2010, and today I came across one of the funnies at the Broad Institute:Job Title: Associate Computational Biologist - Infectious Disease InitiativeGeneral abilities required: multi-task, work independently, ... (more) Funny ad

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pleion.blogspot.com - 36 hours ago
Skeptic to save money and lives
— pleion.blogspot.com — Bruce M Hood is a writer and blogger from England, and he has come across information about... a bomb-detection device used in Iraq. Bruce raises a lot of doubt about whether this device, the ADE651, works at all.How To Make A Killing With the Woo Bomb DetectorThe “ADE651 device” costs around ... (more) Skeptic to save money and lives

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pleion.blogspot.com - 47 hours ago
"We have the metaphors" LOL
— pleion.blogspot.com — One Barbara Hollingsworth got to write a piece about something she doesn't know anything about. I am... aware that that's the function of most journalists, but they could at least take a neutral stand (or, rather, I'd prefer they would consider that "both sides of the argument" does always make ... (more) "We have the metaphors" LOL

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pleion.blogspot.com - 2 days ago
OpenLab 2009 submission deadline approaching
— pleion.blogspot.com — The Open Laboratory: The Best Writing on Science Blogs 2009.What is it? It's a book full of... blog posts. What could be a better read than that?Deadline for submissions is December 1st at midnight EST!, so submit your own favorite posts right away.Check out some submissions at A blog Around the ... (more) OpenLab 2009 submission deadline approaching

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pleion.blogspot.com - 3 days ago
Can Afghanistan be won?
— pleion.blogspot.com — After reading this article with very anti-troop surge views, I started looking for other views on the... subject. Obama will give a speech on Tuesday wherein he is anticipated to order more troops and civilians to Afghanistan, though not as many as requested by General McChrystal, who's the head of ... (more) Can Afghanistan be won?

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pleion.blogspot.com - 4 days ago
Earn top dollar with Google Home income
— pleion.blogspot.com — Why would Google hire people not through their own website? Why would they pay $25 per link... select employees working from at home post... somewhere?Why is the news listed on a site called News 3 Insider Weekly News? Why is this breaking news-item not dated? Why were commenting closed due to spam ... (more) Earn top dollar with Google Home income

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Dumbfuckers in Afghanistan quagmire
— pleion.blogspot.com — In a 4198 word essay on the dumbfuckedness of the war in Afghanistan, Evert Cilliers manages to... express his dumbfounderment by using the word dumbfuck and derivatives twelve times.IS OBAMA ABOUT TO BECOME JUST ANOTHER WAR CRIMINAL?And the sad answer seems to be that he is. If I was dictator of ... (more) Dumbfuckers in Afghanistan quagmire

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Our hero
pleion.blogspot.com - 5 days ago
Our hero
— pleion.blogspot.com — Apparently, someone finally got the credit they deserve.Watch the whole movie.(And to pre-empt: No, I am Danish.)... (more) Our hero

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pleion.blogspot.com - 6 days ago
Critical thinking in Cairo (a first)
— pleion.blogspot.com — I am anti-creationism, and I am also anti-religion. But those are different issues that, while interrelated, aren't... identical. I do wish everybody would accept evolution, and discard creationism. I do also wish people would stop being religious, because a) I think the truth is that there isn't ... (more) Critical thinking in Cairo (a first)

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pleion.blogspot.com - 7 days ago
Contest on Pharyngula: refute-a-creationist
— pleion.blogspot.com — PZ Myers has a little contest on Pharyngula. Answer one of these two questions and you might... win a book drawn at random from PZ's pile:Was evolution a significant and essential factor in guiding Nazi thought?Can natural processes produce an increase in complexity?These questions are his response ... (more) Contest on Pharyngula: refute-a-creationist

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pleion.blogspot.com - 7 days ago
Just two reasons not to eat Turkey
— pleion.blogspot.com — Industrial slaughterhouses treat livestock very badly. That's not news. But, a reminder now and then is welcomed,... lest we forget because it's more convenient to ignore it.The PETA lists ten reasons not to eat Turkey, some of which I don't give a damn about. What mattes to me is how cruelly the ... (more) Just two reasons not to eat Turkey

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pleion.blogspot.com - 8 days ago
Evolution highlights VIII
— pleion.blogspot.com — Olivia Judson in the New York Times on the ability to evolve in response to environmental change.... Species can't always cope with changing environments, because they lack the standing genetic variation to enables them to adapt, They mostly go extinct before they can evolve in response.Oren Hassan ... (more) Evolution highlights VIII

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pleion.blogspot.com - 8 days ago
Christians wins the war on Christmas
— pleion.blogspot.com — Another email from the AFA on Gap's war on Christmas. Gap has given in a is airing... a commercial with the words 'Merry Christmas' in it. That way we know that Christmas is all about spiritual matters and not just another random materialistic holiday. They say.According to Bill Chandler, ... (more) Christians wins the war on Christmas

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A team of creationists wank around in Galapagos
pleion.blogspot.com - 8 days ago
A team of creationists wank around in Galapagos
— pleion.blogspot.com — The AFA sent me a link to this trailer of a movie they are pushing.200 YEARS AFTER... THE BIRTH OF CHARLES DARWINAND 150 YEARS AFTER "ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES"A TEAM WILL TRAVEL BACK IN TIMETO PROVE HIM WRONG"If the Earth was millions of years old as the evolutionist say, life would be ... (more) A team of creationists wank around in Galapagos

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pleion.blogspot.com - 9 days ago
Evolution highlights VII
— pleion.blogspot.com — Interjections! This crazy article 'pothesizing that depression is adaptive in humans has resurfaced in an Irish newspaper... (scroll down ten paragraphs to see it). I dealt with it in August, and I don't think the idea sounds any better in November (but then again, the weather in Southern ... (more) Evolution highlights VII

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pleion.blogspot.com - 10 days ago
Detroit fudged data to sell more SUVs
— pleion.blogspot.com — Words aren't enough to express the disdain I have for people who lie like Walter McManus.When he... worked for GM, he said the data showed that people didn't prioritize fuel efficiency very highly. Now, as a professor, he comes clean and admits he fudged the data because it suited his purpose at ... (more) Detroit fudged data to sell more SUVs

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pleion.blogspot.com - 11 days ago
Email from the hacked CRU server
— pleion.blogspot.com — Recently, emails were stolen from a server at the Climate Research Unit at the University of East... Anglia in the UK. These include private correspondence about climate research and related matters. Some consider the content of the emails revealing, and cast doubt on the veracity of the conclusion ... (more) Email from the hacked CRU server

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