tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post6542654546872142389..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: The Fundies are Coming! The Fundies are Coming!TheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-1079320427563580772012-07-12T17:51:57.996-04:002012-07-12T17:51:57.996-04:00It is all cryptozoological life forms-- I don'...It is all cryptozoological life forms-- I don't know <i>why</i>, but I know I can't find a cryptid podcast that isn't done by Skeptics who talk about "creationists" the way that the Peering Into Darkness folks talk about demons and conspiracies. <br /><br />For some reason, the Skeptic movement seems to be getting obsessed with the idea that cryptozoology is based in creationism.Foxfierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161683096247890834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-8295817142530681142012-07-12T16:31:07.866-04:002012-07-12T16:31:07.866-04:00Beats me. I assume the reasoning proceeds as foll...Beats me. I assume the reasoning proceeds as follows:<br /><br />a) Evolution says that dinosaurs died out long before humans appeared. <br />b) Nessie is a holdover dinosaur.<br />c) Dinosaurs therefore lived at the same time as humans.<br />d) Therefore, evolution is falsified. <br /><br />It fails on a). "Evolution" does not say that dinosaurs died our long before humans. The facts -- the fossil record -- says that. It would remain true even if there was no evolution of new species from old. It only means that some species died off. <br />It fails on b) because Nessie is not shown to exist at all, let alone that she is a relict dinosaur. <br />It fails on d) because even if it could be shown that some dinosaurs persisted into times of recognizable humans, it would not mean that evolution (new species arise from older species) is wrong. It would simply mean that some older species lasted longer than previously thought. (Which would be kool. Remember the Coelacanth!) The emergence of a new species does not require the extinction of the old.TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-35337671072912416922012-07-12T14:59:57.298-04:002012-07-12T14:59:57.298-04:00I don't understand, exactly how is the existen...I don't understand, exactly how is the existence of Nessie (and I assume other cryptozoological life forms) disproving evolution again?Theodore M. Seeberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315945417122366201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-28742161007110723702012-07-07T07:20:38.324-04:002012-07-07T07:20:38.324-04:00I recently saw an article on another site disparag...I recently saw an article on another site disparaging the creationist use of the Loch Ness in their text books. Thank you for such a well researched and balance article on the issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-82187828107137115832012-07-02T12:46:25.832-04:002012-07-02T12:46:25.832-04:00It's the willingness to accept any slander (or...It's the willingness to accept any slander (or, as Jameson would say. libel), however unlikely or too perfect, as long as it's directed at the right targets coupled with high moral and intellectual tone that galls me.<br /><br />How is it that papers are almost always wrong when they write about anything you already know about? It becomes tough to assume they're very often right about anything.Joseph Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17489606909822078682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-36699429057434458482012-06-30T14:48:34.058-04:002012-06-30T14:48:34.058-04:00This reminds me of a book called "The Bermuda...This reminds me of a book called "The Bermuda Triangle Mystery: Solved" in which a librarian traced all the supposed "mysteries" of the Bermuda Triangle and discovered that there actually was no mystery, only a lot of people repeating things without doing any research to discover the real facts, and then other people citing those repetitions as new corroborating evidence. Except that we expect that from crazy ufologists, but not from the supposedly über-rational and scientific elite over at The Scotsman and HuffPost.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com