The Gamete Delusion PZ Myers 2023-10-17 | Dawkins lazy article in the New Statesman:12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newstatesman.com%2Fideas%2F2023%2F07%2Fbiological-sex-binary-debate-richard-dawkinsHere's a good review of the cost of reproduction by Grazyna Jasienska. Dawkins whould have read it before making his simplistic pronouncement.royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rstb.2019.0615The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.comTranscript here:freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/10/17/the-gamete-delusion
Grigors Question PZ Myers 2023-08-13 | I get this same question all the time. Here we go, the short, simple answer: the Koran is wrong.Transcript here:freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/13/oh-god-no-not-this-question-againThe Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
The Tunnels Below HD 1080p PZ Myers 2023-07-17 | We went on an adventure today! We explored the university's steam tunnels, looking for interesting organisms.We didn't find very many. Still, it's good to appreciate the work our facilities management crew does for us. Thanks to Jason for leading us on a tour!The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
Like a bagful of puppies PZ Myers 2023-07-03 | Only it's spiders, Steatoda triangulosa.Today, Elizabeth Frias and I set up and tested our time lapse rig, and made our first timelapse recording of a brief snippet of spider activity. Don't expect much, it's a trial run.We just cut a slit in an egg sac that's near hatching to expose the babies, and recorded about 6 hours of twitchiness. Gear:Wild M3 stereoscope with a trinocCanon t5iIntervalometerRecorded at approximately 120x speedThe Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
blowflies PZ Myers 2023-06-20 | I succeeded beyond my wildest dreams --I am raising astonishing numbers of blowflies, and it was so dang easy.I have to wonder about the fate of any rotting flesh left out in the open. It's going to be a feast for these guys!The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
No Mans Sky on Mac OS! PZ Myers 2023-06-05 | Trial run: let's see how well this new Mac OS port works.
pathetic posturing little wimp PZ Myers 2023-05-29 | A curious juxtaposition: The Secrets of Hillsong documentary exposes the exploitive, duplicitous behavior of a popular religion, and Lawrence Krauss demonstrates the exploitive, duplicitous behavior of scientists who try to hide their abusive behavior behind their science.The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.comTranscript here:freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/05/29/when-they-said-pathetic-posturing-little-wimp-i-thought-they-were-talking-about-me
A meritless paper on merit PZ Myers 2023-05-21 | Transcript here:freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/05/21/oh-yuckthat-was-an-awful-paper-by-krylov-and-her-croniesI am astonished at the fact that these people would put their names on such an astonishingly bad paper!Abbot, D.; Bikfalvi, A.; BleskeRechek, A.L.; Bodmer, W.; Boghossian, P.; Carvalho, C.M.; Ciccolini, J.; Coyne, J.A.; Gauss, J.; Gill, P.M.W.; Jitomirskaya, S.; Jussim, L.; Krylov, A.I.; Loury, G.C.; Maroja, L.; McWhorter, J.H.; Moosavi, S.; Nayana Schwerdtle, P.; Pearl, J.; QuintanillaTornel, M.A.; Schaefer, H.F., III; Schreiner, P.R.; Schwerdtfeger, P.; Shechtman, D.; Shifman, M.; Tanzman, J.; Trout, B.L.; Warshel, A.; West, J.D. In Defense of Merit in Science. Journal of Controversial Ideas 2023, 3(1), 1; doi:10.35995/jci03010001.Also commendably mentioned:The Truth Projectsites.google.com/view/truthproject/about?authuser=0An American Crisis: the Lack of Black Men in MedicineJ. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities (2017) 4:317–321DOI 10.1007/s40615-017-0380-yAdvancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizationsnap.nationalacademies.org/download/26803Mark Carey's reflections on "feminist glaciology"science.org/content/article/qa-author-feminist-glaciology-study-reflects-sudden-appearance-culture-warsDecolonizing Science Toolkitnature.com/collections/giaahdbacjUMN Morris 60th Commencement - Full Ceremony (includes the full performance by the Northern Wood Singers)youtube.com/watch?v=aw8jIVyNEfEA great criticism of the paper:The Fake ‘Left-Wing Attack on Science’prospect.org/politics/2023-05-16-fake-left-wing-attack-scienceThe Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
The Pit HD 1080p PZ Myers 2023-05-04 | Catching Big Game in the backyardThe Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
EvoPsych & SKs PZ Myers 2023-04-29 | I read a very bad evolutionary psychology paper so you don't have to.The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
The stone PZ Myers 2023-04-22 | Sometimes, the best way to deal with a really stupid argument is to ignore it.The guy babbling about his wood is named Graham Pettis -- he has a bunch of anti-evolution videos which are either a) utter nonsense like the one here, or b) rehashed YEC stuff from AiG. Don't go picking on him, he has enough problems.Transcript here:freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/04/22/the-argument-from-my-piece-of-wood-hasnt-evolved-eyeballsThe Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
Why does Ken Ham hate poodles? PZ Myers 2023-04-16 | Ken Ham claims to provide a basic course in genetics. He does not. And why is he so hateful towards poodles?The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
Those who think everything is binary, and those who dont PZ Myers 2023-04-08 | Transcript here:freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/04/07/there-are-two-kinds-of-people-those-who-think-everything-is-binary-and-those-who-dontThe Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
Rudy Raff is not your friend, creationists! HD 1080p PZ Myers 2023-04-01 | The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.comI already jumped on David Swift, here:freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/03/07/creationist-thinks-evo-devo-refutes-evolutionTranscript here:freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/04/01/leave-rudy-raff-alone-he-disliked-creationists-intensely
Theres a lot more to it! PZ Myers 2023-03-25 | Richard Dawkins continues his descent into conservative troll by appearing on Piers Morgan's interview show.Transcript here:freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/03/25/dammit-richardThe Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
PZ Unleashed! PZ Myers 2023-03-11 | Finally! I have some time to relax, when spring break begins. I'll celebrate with a live stream!
Ominous Twitching #shorts PZ Myers 2023-02-19 | The babies are starting to twitch within their egg sac. I expect a horde of spiderlings to erupt out of it next week!The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
Spider Update PZ Myers 2023-02-17 | Let's watch spiders mating! It's actually quite sweet.The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
Photoreceptor evolution PZ Myers 2023-01-04 | Let's talk about how vision evolved!The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
SciManDan gets it wrong HD 1080p PZ Myers 2022-12-31 | Uh-oh. SciManDan made some egregious errors in one of his videos…as a consequence of not spending 10 years in grad school and a post-doc studying evolutionary biology.The video I'm criticizing:youtube.com/watch?v=2p4TpTWneWwThe Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
Jesus Mythicism HD 1080p PZ Myers 2022-12-25 | A quick video to state my position on Jesus Mythicism. I'm against it.The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.comThe script is here:freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/12/25/i-had-to-say-what-i-think-of-jesus-mythicism
Snowbound! PZ Myers 2022-12-22 | We've got a major snowstorm blowin' into Minnesota, and I'm not going anywhere for a while. So let's have a conversation!
Walk in the snow #shorts PZ Myers 2022-12-15 | Out for a walk, doing my duty for the spiders. (No spiders in the video, sorry)
Creationist vs GRN HD 1080p PZ Myers 2022-12-12 | A creationist tried to school me on how developmental gene regulatory networks are problematic for evolution. This is my response.Transcript here:freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/12/11/creationist-tried-to-appropriate-eric-h-davidson-hope-they-regret-itThe Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.comA few references to GRNsEVOLUTIONARY BIOSCIENCE AS REGULATORY SYSTEMS BIOLOGY: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21320483Davidson obit: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1518876112
PZs Office Hours lets talk about EVIDENCE PZ Myers 2022-11-18 | Let's have another conversation, this time with a theme. Creationists & Christians seem to have a poor understanding of what constitutes evidence, so we'll take a look at some examples, and suggest how they could do better.The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
Bold Jumper Babies PZ Myers 2022-11-09 | We have a bold jumper who made an egg sac on 7 October and then snuggled down in a dense silk sac of her own, and never emerged again. Today (9 November) we checked on her: the mother was deceased, and a horde of baby spiders was found squirming above her. This is the recording of that investigation.The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
Creationist Comments PZ Myers 2022-10-30 | The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
PZs Second Office Hours to the World! PZ Myers 2022-10-28 | Let's talk sciencey stuff while I take a break from lectures & committee work.
Who the heck is Gilbert Ling? PZ Myers 2022-10-24 | Don't be put off by the howling winds at the beginning! It's Fall on the prairie. I switch to doing it indoors after a few minutes. Kind of a transcript here:freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/10/23/who-the-heck-is-gilbert-lingYou can find all the garbage science you could want here:gilbertling.orgpollacklab.orgmandarinwater.com/en/science/h3o2greensmoothie.com/water/pollackYou'd be far better off picking up an introductory biology textbook, though. Or go here:The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
PZs Office Hours to the World! PZ Myers 2022-10-14 | I was contemplating my crowded daily calendar, and I noticed a gap -- there's an unfilled time slot on Thursday afternoon! This cannot stand. Therefore, I'll fill it with an Open Q&A session from my office at the University of Minnesota Morris, and invite you all to stop by and pester me with questions and comments and complaints. Let's try it and see how it goes.
Fly for breakfast PZ Myers 2022-09-23 | I was teaching a student the bloodthirsty ways of the spider after collecting some data earlier in the morning, and we made a quick recording of a baby spider (3 days old) taking down a fruit fly. They are ferocious as soon as they're born!
Return to Maggotville HD 1080p PZ Myers 2022-09-17 | I've got a fun new camera to play with, an endoscopy camera, that I can use to poke into strange holes. This is a DEPSTECH Dual Lens Industrial Endoscope, 1080P Digital Borescope Inspection Camera with 7.9mm IP67 Waterproof Camera, Sewer Camera with 4.3" LCD Screen, 7 LED Lights,16.5FT Semi-Rigid Cable, 32GB Card.Get one for yourself here:amzn.to/3Ui7ij1It says "sewer camera". That's not what I'm using it for. I have higher aspirations.It works pretty well, although the cameraman needs more practice. One catch: it produces AVI files that give my Mac conniptions, producing glitchy, flashing videos. You can fix it by massaging the AVIs and converting them to MP4s right here:express.adobe.com/tools/convert-to-mp4I'm going to practice using it some more later, which means…more maggoty videos to come.Two warnings:Damn it, everyone was firing up their lawn mowers while I was trying to record this. I was eager to try it, though, so I charged ahead.I am learning that you need a slow hand to work this camera, and I whipped it around too much. If it makes you nauseous, well, you are warned, and that's perfectly appropriate for a video looking at rotting garbage.The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
Monarchs massing on a tree branch. PZ Myers 2022-08-29 | My wife, Mary, shot this. It's a good collection of butterflies…although 20 years ago, we would have seen the whole tree covered in them.
Spiders Mating PZ Myers 2022-08-26 | I caught my triangulate cobweb spiders in the act, and recorded their encounter. It's very exciting!The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
canada gooses #shorts PZ Myers 2022-08-22 | It's that time of year again--the students are migrating into the dorms, the Canada gooses are making pit stops in the fields.
S triangulosa hatching! #shorts PZ Myers 2022-08-16 | My Steatoda triangulos egg sac finally hatched out. I've got EXPERIMENTS planned for these little babies.
Correcting the Answers to 20 Objections to Noahs Ark PZ Myers 2022-08-14 | Answers in Genesis is claiming to have the answers to everyone's objections to the Noah's Ark myth, with a list of 20 arguments. They're going to go through them all on Friday, 12 August, and on Saturday, Dan Phelps (geologist) and PZ Myers (biologist) will go through all 20 of their supposed answers and rebut them.
Maggots PZ Myers 2022-07-25 | This will be popular, sure.It is what the title says: my compost bin is extraordinarily productive in producing maggots, which makes the spiders living in there very happy. The resolution here isn't great -- I used my el cheapo camera, since I was plunging it down in close to the writhing mass of larvae. If anyone insists, I suppose I could redo this with a reasonably good macro lens. Everything is real time -- no time-lapse. That's how fast they move! Also, listen carefully and you can hear them eating. It sounds a bit like soggy rice krispies.It's only a minute long, so don't worry, it ends quickly. If anyone also insists, I could record a much longer video.No one will insist.
Twerking Spiders #shorts PZ Myers 2022-07-14 | A new batch of baby Steatoda triangulosa #spiders emerged this morning -- here they are, as new as they get. Something odd I noticed, though: as they walk around, they waggle their abdomens. They're twerking!
Lunchtime for spiderling #shorts PZ Myers 2022-07-13 | Two week old Steatoda triangulosa, avidly consume a meal of Drosophila.Shot on an iPhone using a clip-on 15x lens. #shorts
Lunchtime for mama #shorts PZ Myers 2022-07-13 | Adult spiders also have to eat. Here an adult Parasteatoda #snare #spider a couple of flies -- one is not enough. #shorts
They got in a fight! #shorts PZ Myers 2022-07-13 | Iliana visited the Science Museum of Minnesota with us. She likes dinosaurs.
Honest ? Questions for Atheists PZ Myers 2022-07-08 | On a whim, I decided to answer a Christian's questions for atheists. You can answer them for yourself, on this website:stream.org/some-honest-questions-for-atheistsUgh, I didn't look him up ahead of time. As expected, he's a terrible human being.rationalwiki.org/wiki/Michael_BrownThe Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
Peterson is wrong about everything PZ Myers 2022-07-06 | Yikes. Peterson again. Every time I think he has hit bottom, he plunges ever deeper.The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.comTranscript will be posted here after it airs:freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/07/05/every-time-he-just-gets-worse-and-worse
My Savage Children HD 1080p PZ Myers 2022-07-06 | Quick update on my newborn Steatoda triangulosa: they are hungry! All the time!Before anyone asks: they are 1.2mm long. Tiny.
JustSpiders PZ Myers 2022-07-02 | I got rid of my annoying voice-over and just included a few minutes of spiderlings. That's all.
Bag O Spiders PZ Myers 2022-07-01 | My Steatoda triangulosa egg sac finally produced (with a little help) a whole bunch of little adorable baby spiders. It took almost a month, but at last I can start raising and breeding Triangulate Combfoot spiders.The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
Schott Barn PZ Myers 2022-06-28 | Mary & I decided to enjoy a fine summer day by visiting a local landmark, the Schott Stone Barn, located on the boundary between Stevens and Big Stone counties, here in Minnesota. It's an impressive bit of monumental architecture!I know it's not my usual thing, but we did look for spiders while we were there. Not very successfully. It's a big stone barn! Not much for spider prey to live on, so it's kind of a spider desert.There's a MNopedia article on the barn:mnopedia.org/structure/frank-schott-barn-stevens-countyThe Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
Creeping Mendelism PZ Myers 2022-06-15 | I get terrible genetics concepts in my comments. Here I tackle one. Warning: It was triggered by a Jordan Peterson fan trying to tell me I don't understand how science works.Transcript is here:freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/06/15/creeping-mendelismHere's a related video on Bad Genetics:youtube.com/watch?v=uDeNDX4geXoGenetic Determinism in the Genetics Curriculum:link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11191-017-9900-8The Blog: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngulaThe Patreon: patreon.com/pzmyersThe Twitter: twitter.com/pzmyersThe Instagram: instagram.com/pzmyersThe Email: pzmyers@gmail.com
