Ken Ham is trying to game a tourism poll in Kentucky — he wants his followers to vote for his crappy “museum” as the best museum and as the best kid-friendly attraction in Kentucky. I think we should vote for Big Bone Lick State Park as the best museum, but that poll asks you to enter a zip code — I don’t know if they’re only going to accept Kentucky resident’s vote. I went ahead and voted anyway, since I have visited both the AiG frauds and the state park, and even if I hadn’t, I’d know that the Creation “Museum” and Ark Park are pretty much bottom of the barrel roadside attractions.
In the kid-friendly attraction category, the Ark Encounter is up against the Louisville Zoo, which is an insane match-up. Really, does Ham seriously think his pathetic fake boat is of a caliber that can stand up against an accredited, science-based zoological garden? I cast my vote for the real thing. I will be very disappointed if Kentucky blesses the stupid lie and con game of Answers in Genesis.
Go ahead, make Ken Ham disappointed instead.
Both of these polls allow you to vote every day this month, which makes them bogus from the outset, so neither are going to be very meaningful.
It’s easy to find the zip code of the Creation Museum.
The poll is coming from inside the house . . . !!
When you ddg “creation museum”, a Tripadvisor sidebar shows up that has: .
I realize that calling it a “Fake history museum” is probably not going to fly, but couldn’t they at least have gone with: “Supernatural history museum”?
John Scalzi’s review (almost 20 years ago, gads) will probably not be used by Tripadvisor.
@3: Ah, that photo gallery brought back memories of the day Spouse and I spent there, in company with PZ and a bunch of students, almost that long ago. Has Ham’s Folly updated its displays at all, in 15 years? (Guess: probably not — it’s not like they’ve got anything new to say, unlike a real museum might).
The Newport Aquarium is an excellent nearby attraction that deserves votes. And visits.
@4 stevewatson
until his god makes an appearance as anything but a cloud, potato chip, or coffee grounds, I’d guess those display will continue gathering dust.
Owlmirror @ #3 — Perhaps “Bible-based natural history museum” would give any discerning person the clue they need to stay clear because nothing about the Bible stories is based on “nature” nor “history” in any modern sense of those terms.
What about the great Green Arkleseizure?
@1 Owl Mirror
“The poll is coming from inside the house . . . !!”
If the Hamster loses he’ll claim Russian interference. Vlad are you reading this?
@2. Owlmirror : “I realize that calling it a “Fake history museum” is probably not going to fly, but couldn’t they at least have gone with: “Supernatural history museum”?”
That would be technically accurate but I reckon that makes it sound much cooler (& Halloween-y) than it is. I agree with #7 robro that Biblical museum would be better and also sounds accurately uncool Maybe Biblical alternative* science & history museum although perhaps that’s too long?
.* In the sense of “älternative facts.”
Knowing the knuckle-dragging, inbred, Bible-fucking HICKS that populate that region, they probably put it on the list regardless of of the total votes.
I’ll never understand how global genocide / ecocide makes for a kid-friendly story.