P.Z. Myers
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P.Z. Myers is an American biologist, outspoken atheist, and science blogger best known for his popular blog Pharyngula and his advocacy of secularism and critical thinking.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| P.Z. Myers canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2799095 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: P.Z. Myers Context triple: [Humanist of the Year, notableRecipient, P.Z. Myers]
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A.
John B. West
John B. West was an American legal publisher and entrepreneur best known for founding the company that became a dominant provider of legal case reporters and research tools in the United States.
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B.
Carl Zimmer
Carl Zimmer is an American science writer and journalist renowned for his accessible and insightful books and articles on biology, evolution, and genetics.
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C.
Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, and founder of *Skeptic* magazine, known for promoting scientific skepticism and critical thinking about paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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D.
Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing biographical films such as "Ed Wood," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," and "Man on the Moon."
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E.
Ian Darwin
Ian Darwin is a software developer and author best known for his contributions to Unix, Java, and open source programming resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: P.Z. Myers Target entity description: P.Z. Myers is an American biologist, outspoken atheist, and science blogger best known for his popular blog Pharyngula and his advocacy of secularism and critical thinking.
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A.
John B. West
John B. West was an American legal publisher and entrepreneur best known for founding the company that became a dominant provider of legal case reporters and research tools in the United States.
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B.
Carl Zimmer
Carl Zimmer is an American science writer and journalist renowned for his accessible and insightful books and articles on biology, evolution, and genetics.
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C.
Michael Shermer
Michael Shermer is an American science writer, historian of science, and founder of *Skeptic* magazine, known for promoting scientific skepticism and critical thinking about paranormal and pseudoscientific claims.
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D.
Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander is an American screenwriter and producer best known for co-writing biographical films such as "Ed Wood," "The People vs. Larry Flynt," and "Man on the Moon."
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E.
Ian Darwin
Ian Darwin is a software developer and author best known for his contributions to Unix, Java, and open source programming resources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
atheist
ⓘ
biologist ⓘ blogger ⓘ person ⓘ |
| advocates |
critical thinking
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science education ⓘ secularism ⓘ |
| blogLanguage | English ⓘ |
| blogTitle |
Pharyngula
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linked to:
Pharyngula (blog)
|
| communicationMedium |
blogging
ⓘ
public speaking ⓘ |
| familyName | Myers ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
atheism
ⓘ
biology ⓘ evolutionary developmental biology ⓘ science communication ⓘ secularism ⓘ |
| genre |
atheist writing
ⓘ
science writing ⓘ skeptical writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Paul ⓘ |
| hasOnlinePresence |
science blog
ⓘ
social media accounts ⓘ |
| ideology |
scientific skepticism
ⓘ
secularism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Pharyngula (blog)
ⓘ
atheist activism ⓘ criticism of creationism ⓘ criticism of intelligent design ⓘ science blogging ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| name | P.Z. Myers ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableForPosition | outspoken atheist ⓘ |
| occupation |
biologist
ⓘ
blogger ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| opposes |
creationism
ⓘ
intelligent design ⓘ pseudoscience ⓘ |
| religiousView | atheism ⓘ |
| supports | separation of church and state ⓘ |
| writesAbout |
developmental biology
ⓘ
education policy ⓘ evolution ⓘ religion and science ⓘ skepticism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: P.Z. Myers Description of subject: P.Z. Myers is an American biologist, outspoken atheist, and science blogger best known for his popular blog Pharyngula and his advocacy of secularism and critical thinking.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.