I did not realize ‘mendacity’ was a 50-cent word. That’s what academic life has done to me.

A new film about evolution looks like fun, if the NYT report is anything to go by. Randy Olson -- that’s him quoted above -- is a biologist turned film maker, whose Flock of Dodos lets scientists talk about evolution. I hope I get the chance to see it here.

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