Eco-activism...

We all love the environment here, right? None of us tortures kittens for fun, eh wot? So why is it that I received 3 papers this week about what a bad person I am for eating meat?

I don't expect incoming freshcreatures to be sophisticated thinkers, necessarily, but, man, the generalizations about omnivores is just baffling. One student actually posited collaboration between media and big Ag--this is precisely the type of conspiracism that I hope to challenge. She did not think that there might be other reasons why, say, CNN does not run film of animal torture or livestock shows 24hrs a day. Perhaps people don't like to see how their food is prepared? Perhaps it is uncontroversial to most people?

Naughty students, playing all fast and loose with logic.

I have started a new podcast, and, incidentally, will be giving a talk to my new colleagues about "podcasts in the classroom" in the near future. Yeah, I have no idea. My latest podcast looks at Jason Lisle, who was foolish enough to release an audio version of a talk he gave to the Secular Student Alliance (served with a side of PZ Myers) when they visited Idiotland Over Asshole, Kentucky.

Ding-a-ling.

OK, I need to prepare for class. Grr.

HJ