And now, "secular creationism"?
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles...e.asp?ID=27436

Bulgogi, as my Dad used to say. Note the following quote from the article as an example:

Note how the first sentence says that both hereditary AND environmental causes are significant. Then the second summarizes by completely IGNORING the environmental contribution.

Intellectually as dishonest as the people the writer is castigating.

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At least this one didn't suggest that eating meat is a sign of repressed male murder-fantasies

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"I have this theory that the Apollo missions were faked when NASA found out that general relativity was wrong because the Earth was expanding due to the Sun's iron core being influenced by magnetic waves from the electric universe after being perturbed by Planet X and thereby causing global warming. Where should I start a thread about this?" ~ ToSeek

"Those are the people that wonder how a thermos knows whether to keep something hot or keep something cold." ~ NeoWatcher

The authors of the study also seem to suggest that to be familiar with a concept is to agree to said concept.

To make an analogy- it would be false to say that if one is familair with the Nazi's "Final Solution", one must believe it is proper to kill Jews.

Oops... I just invoked Godwin's Law.

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Named Time Magazine's 2006 "Person of the Year"

I prefer Goodwin's Law: never interrupt Nero Wolfe while he's working in the orchid greenhouse.

This article is hardly stunning news. There are plenty of other examples of bad science, or even anti-science, being taught in our colleges and universities. And these are hardly limited to the left end of the political spectrum, either.

Some examples include the penetration of "Therapeutic Touch" nonsense into nursing schools, and the decidedly anti-science stance in many philosophy departments.

There aren't many things I agree with David Horowitz about, but in this case I do -- at least, if he's advocating a position that acknowledges both genes and environment, rather than either extreme.

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"It is quite clear that Occam's razor does not sharpen in your pyramid." (Nicolas)

"Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest." (Paul Simon)

We're doomed. Let's just wait until the next Dark Age ends, and a new civilization begins...