[ExI] Bad Science: "All time classic creationist pwnage"

Emlyn emlynoregan at gmail.com
Tue Jul 8 06:06:06 UTC 2008


I hope some people here read Bad Science, it's great.

This particular post caught my eye:

"Richard Lenski is a biologist who recently found evidence for the
emergence of new traits among E.coli bacteria, in a fascinating
experiment which he has described in a paper in PNAS (best lay
coverage here). His results look a bit like evolution. You will note
that his paper includes the original data.

Andrew Schlafly is a startlingly predictable right wing christian
activist who runs Conservapedia. I highly recommend a look around
there if you've not already had the pleasure, because even the people
who run Conservapedia find it hard to tell whether the edits are being
made by god-fearing americans or naughty satirists.

Schlafly read Lenski. He got angry. He demanded the original data. It
was pointed out to him that the original data was in the paper. He
demanded the original data again. With menaces.

The following exchange is mirrored humbly and verbatim in case of
disappearance. It represents pwnage on a scale most of us can only
dream of. "

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and you'll find the exchange itself here:
http://www.badscience.net/2008/06/all-time-classic-creationist-pwnage/

-- 
Emlyn

http://emlynoregan.com



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