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Baby otter reunited with family

24 May 2016 by Roger Cavanagh Leave a Comment

This is just one big aaah…

Of course we’ll close the day with a heartwarmer—a video sent by reader Su. It tells the tale of a baby otter who became separated from its group. After some rearing—it took twenty people to effect the whole operation—it was brought back to good nick and released into the care of its previous group.

This all took place in Singapore, a place I hope to visit this fall.

If after seeing this you don’t have some restoration of your faith in humanity, you’re made of stone.

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Maru’s Syndrome

19 February 2015 by Roger Cavanagh Leave a Comment

I was reading this post on Jerry Coyne’s Why Evolution Is True web site. Maru’s Syndrome (defined by Jerry as the “inability not to enter any box”) is mentioned. I toddled over to DuckDuckGo to find out more. I found this great post: Box O’ Cats on Koi Scribblings—several minutes of cat-related entertainment.

I do miss having a cat in the house.

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The last words of Christopher Hitchens

10 February 2015 by Roger Cavanagh 1 Comment

I continue to read Hitchens for inspiration, and brush off those detractors who devalue his entire life simply because he was in favor of the Iraq war. The man spent his life battling totalitarianism and irrationality, and of course he was sometimes wrong. Who among us hasn’t been? But mark a few errors against the very full column of his brilliance, his fight for what he saw as true, his copious writings on so many topics, and the eloquence that inspired us all. It’s a bromide to say of someone who’s died that “they can’t be replaced,” but in the case of Hitchens it’s undeniably true.

via The last words of Christopher Hitchens « Why Evolution Is True.

A moving tribute from Professor Ceiling Cat.

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Review: Why Evolution Is True

28 October 2014 by Roger Cavanagh 1 Comment

I’ve just finished reading Why Evolution Is True by Jerry Coyne. I personally don’t (and never did) have any doubts about the scientific Theory of Evolution, or Darwinism. Unfortunately, it is staggering how many people do. I was wasting some time a few days ago playing with the app, Voice Polls. It’s a kind of instant opinion poll.

Only 37% answer “science and evolution”; 33% say “god” and 30% “both”

It’s a bit hard to read the numbers for anything but the top choice, so I’ve added them in the caption. What this amounts to is that 63% of responders think god had a hand in human creation.

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