tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post8842523755871878643..comments2024-03-10T09:24:45.565+02:00Comments on Dispatches from Vilnius: The Virtue of IdiocyJames Fergusonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-63050327659051954352011-04-08T06:24:06.815+03:002011-04-08T06:24:06.815+03:00Here we go again,
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_t...Here we go again,<br /><br />http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thecutline/20110407/ts_yblog_thecutline/trump-brings-media-blitz-to-nbc-steamrolls-meredith-vieira-on-birther-issue<br /><br />Trump sounding off on Obama's "birth," with Meredith Vieira taking a backseat to his tirade. It just appalls me that this stupid argument is allowed to fester in the public imagination.James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-63803147524036317672011-04-01T15:37:07.654+03:002011-04-01T15:37:07.654+03:00I am on a paleontology listserv -- that place driv...I am on a paleontology listserv -- that place drives the scientists nuts.avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-24477061629632377352011-04-01T08:56:51.667+03:002011-04-01T08:56:51.667+03:00"My favorite explanation is that the devil pl..."My favorite explanation is that the devil planted them to test your faith."<br /><br />... or your imagination. I'll have to see this Creation Museum sometime. It must be a real flight of fancy, kind of like "Mr Toad's Wild Ride."James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-16362415960863945442011-03-31T21:48:04.600+03:002011-03-31T21:48:04.600+03:00A guy once said to me that if dinosaur fossils wer...A guy once said to me that if dinosaur fossils were real, why hadn't he ever dug any up? Talk about a loaded question.Rick Diguettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556088192579865532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-12435732049210970612011-03-31T21:24:19.507+03:002011-03-31T21:24:19.507+03:00If the world is only a few thousand years old, how...If the world is only a few thousand years old, how do you explain away all those really old fossils? And your kids' fascination with dinosaurs generally? My favorite explanation is that the devil planted them to test your faith.<br /><br />There is a lot of really a-historical and wacky scientific thinking out there. It's scary though because these people vote, too.avrdshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07997163948247445009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-80369352917076711512011-03-31T20:45:29.196+03:002011-03-31T20:45:29.196+03:00It would seem that dinosaurs are a major part of t...It would seem that dinosaurs are a major part of this museum. Go figure?James Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05901612633415337879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9103772230302021699.post-49897510534754888932011-03-31T20:01:42.228+03:002011-03-31T20:01:42.228+03:00"Biblical history is the key to understanding..."Biblical history is the key to understanding dinosaurs."<br /><br />That just about says it all.Rick Diguettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556088192579865532noreply@blogger.com