Re: [asa] New foray by the DISCOVER Institute

More nonsense from the DI
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2007/12/junior_birdmen_of_the_discover.php

<quote>
No, I haven't gone insane. I made the absurd argument above just to
give you a sense of what I feel when I read the latest from the
Discovery Institute. They have this ridiculous site, Judging PBS, that
purports to be a rebuttal to the PBS documentary on the Dover trial.
It's actually just another rehash of the dishonesty found in Wells'
Icons of Evolution — a series of misrepresentations of the state of
biological thought. I keep hammering on the lies in that dismal book,
but the DI keeps using it. In this case, it's particularly egregious;
the PBS documentary didn't say anything about the specific issues
they're trying to rebut. It's as if they've got nothing else but the
same old recycled garbage.

The strategy they're relying is the Big Lie: they make ten points (the
same ten they always do), and practically every sentence is wrong—and
they know we'd have to write a whole book to document and refute it
all. So, as usual, I'll just go after the one I know best, their bogus
claims about Haeckel. You'll see why I used the example of
disbelieving in flight. If you're already familiar with the absurdity
of their Haeckel claims, skip ahead to the conclusion. I don't mind,
I'm rehashing old arguments they've never answered myself.
</quote>

Fascinating how they never seem to learn from their past mistakes.

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Received on Sun Dec 23 23:10:26 2007