Yup. Actually, there is. And this is why the announcement that Flood geologists, those poor dumb souls who are so besotted with a Bronze Age work of fiction, are once again coming to the GSA’s annual meeting should have you rubbing your hands with glee. Because, you see, the only thing more pathetic than Flood …
Category Archive: creationism
Jun 16 2011
Lying Liars and the Creationist Bastards Who Lead Field Trips
It’s be a while since we’ve had the Smack-o-Matic off the woodshed wall. I shall now proceed to lift it down reverently, blow the dust from it, give it a loving polish, and proceed to administer it to some very deserving bottoms. If you are one of those people prone to troll about “tone” and …
Dec 15 2010
Unchaining Ourselves
The Great Chain of Being needs breaking. Brian Switek took bolt cutters to it in a SciAm guest post last week, and my, how the creationists howled. Got so bad that Bora called in the cavalry. Did my duty, registered so I could comment, and laughed my arse off because these silly little nitwits howling …
Nov 29 2010
Why Talking to Idiots Gets You Nowhere
Finally finished this paper that’s been in my tabs for days: “Irreducible Incoherence and Intelligent Design: A Look into the Conceptual Toolbox of a Pseudoscience.” Stumbled across it playing on The Panda’s Thumb, and while it took me forever to read because I’ve had the attention span of a spastic on caffeine pills lately, I …
Nov 19 2010
Explaining Monkeys and Uncles to Christine O’Donnell
Yes, I know the election is old news. Yes, I know Christine O’Donnell lost. But she speaks for a hefty ignorant chunk of the population when she spouts that snide “Then why are there still monkeys?!” line at the slightest whiff of evolution. Brian Switek explains a few things about monkeys, uncles, and why your …
Oct 13 2010
As For Being Shrill, Strident, Etc.
Once again, the “tone” argument’s making the rounds (does it ever cease? It circles like a dog attempting to capture its own fugitive tail). Ophelia Benson’s already pointed out a few of the more annoying examples. And she led me to this delightful bit by Jason Rosenhouse, which comes just in time, because a dear …
Aug 16 2010
Clueless Reporter + Creationists = FAIL
Yep, woke up too early after falling asleep too late. But that’s all to the good! I got to spend time upon the intertoobz, and wouldn’t you know that Brian Switek wrote up one of the most delicious dishes of fail I’ve seen in, well, days. Here’s what happens when a frigate bird crosses the …
Jul 07 2009
Arizona’s Stupidest State Senator
Via PZ comes news of the latest Arizona politician to make an utter ass of his/herself: Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen (R-Snowflake), arguing in favor of a bill to allow uranium mining north of the Grand Canyon, casually says that the earth is 6,000 years old, and therefore a little uranium mining isn’t going to …
Jun 23 2009
Son of Expelled
Creationists lying to scientists in order to snooker them into appearing in a creationist “documentary”? It is Son of Expelled! Stand by for Bride of Expelled and Expelled 2: Electric Bugalloo, I’m sure.
May 29 2009
What Did We Tell You?
Remember how Brian and PZ and about twenty bajillion other science bloggers warned us that all the hype over Ida was going to become a creationist field day? It did: Right on cue, the Worldnutdaily shows us why what the scientists, PR people and media outlets who overhyped the find of an early primate fossil …
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