I saw the Darwin is Dead carnival over at one of my favorite science blogs, Pharyngula, and what a bunch of ignorant drivel.
It’s hosted by a pathologically stupid creationist, Radar, who in turn links to other non-thinkers. It’s the standard creationist fare of anti-evolution arguments but with a few new twists. We get the standard “If humans evolved from apes, why are there still apes?” argument, but I do believe this one is new:
An eternal universe is not possible either. You cannot count to infinity. No matter how long you count you will always have a finite set of numbers. Likewise, you cannot have an infinite series of events into the past.
You know, I wouldn’t believe in infinity either, but this guy makes a great case for infinite ignorance. It’s painful to hear such nonsensical ramblings being pawned off as thought. By his definition, a trillion doesn’t exist since you can’t count to it either(well, you could, but it would take around 31,000 years). He’s also basically disproved god, being that the universe is eternal and all. Just gotta love how god conveniently skirts all the questions that anti-evolutionists throw at science. Additionally, when did evolution ever say how or when the universe was created? I thought –rightly– that it just talks about how life on earth began and continued over the past several billion years.
I read the comments on both sites, and it’s actually hard to believe that people like this exist. They’re so warped by their religion (all of them are Christians, natch) that they cannot accept facts that have attained a remarkable consensus in the scientific world. Granted, they don’t have much education, Mr. Infinity only has an associates degree, but these people are the ones responsible for getting solid science removed from our nation’s classrooms. Well, Radar, your right to practice your religion ends at my brain, so believe that the world was created 6000 years ago (as evidenced by this post) but just keep quiet about this issue, because you have no idea what you’re talking about.
February 28th, 2006 at 4:33 am
A couple of friends attended Jesuit high schools and reported that their biology classes made no mention of creationism. Evolution was it. And, in one Jesuit religion class, great effort was made to disprove all of Jesus’s miracles!
I find it ironic that my son’s best bet for a science curiculum free of religious influences may be to send him to Catholic school!
It is also ironic that I write this within a stone’s throw of a half dozen creationists.
February 28th, 2006 at 5:35 am
Steve,
For a hard-core libertarian, you’d be right at home out here. Still at the insurance place, I take it?
I have to say, one of the worst things about the place was the rabid fundamentalism of some of the employees. Really scary stuff.
February 28th, 2006 at 7:25 am
As always…nicely put. It seems to be a carry over from our conversation
last Sunday. Aren’t you glad you live in a blue state. Keep the brain working.
DAD
March 2nd, 2006 at 12:05 pm
Still there…for now. Working on leaving. Bonus was good again, so at least my drudgery was profitable. How’s CA? Been kayaking? I need to get back in the boat.