Have you folks seen Ed Yong's massive multi-part year-end round up at Not Exactly Rocket Science? Let's just say he's currently on Part Nine, with little sign of slowing down. Here at Cosmic Variance we're not nearly as prolific as Ed (there are only seven of us, and one of him), but the idea of a year-end wrap-up is a good one. I.e., it seems to create content in the slow intra-holiday period, without actually coming up with anything new. So here are some of my own favorite posts from the last year, with a few guest posts thrown in for good measure.
We made it four days into the year before discussing science and religion. I started off by arguing that atheists don't need to be obnoxious to strongly defend their beliefs, in Being Polite and Being Right. On the flip side, in The Truth Still Matters, I suggested ...
