"Okay, We Give Up" (Scientific American Re Intelligent Design)

[XanaDUer]

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000E555C-4387-1237-81CB83414B7FFE9F

In Focus
April 01, 2005


Okay, We Give Up
We feel so ashamed
By The Editors


There's no easy way to admit this. For years, helpful letter writers told us to stick to science. They pointed out that science and politics don't mix. They said we should be more balanced in our presentation of such issues as creationism, missile defense and global warming. We resisted their advice and pretended not to be stung by the accusations that the magazine should be renamed Unscientific American, or Scientific Unamerican, or even Unscientific Unamerican. But spring is in the air, and all of nature is turning over a new leaf, so there's no better time to say: you were right, and we were wrong..."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[jpgray]

1. Hahahahaha

:thumbsup:

[Lars39]

2. That is priceless!

:D

[ComerPerro]

3. I love it

Moreover, we shamefully mistreated the Intelligent Design (ID) theorists by lumping them in with creationists. Creationists believe that God designed all life, and that's a somewhat religious idea. But ID theorists think that at unspecified times some unnamed superpowerful entity designed life, or maybe just some species, or maybe just some of the stuff in cells. That's what makes ID a superior scientific theory: it doesn't get bogged down in details.


<<snip>>

This magazine will be dedicated purely to science, fair and balanced science, and not just the science that scientists say is science. And it will start on April Fools' Day.


Everyone who reads this thread, please write or email Scientific American to let them know you appreciate this article. I have a feeling that the FReepers are going to bog them down with BS hatemail.

[Ripley]

4. Highlarious!

Why were we so unwilling to suggest that dinosaurs lived 6,000 years ago or that a cataclysmic flood carved the Grand Canyon? Blame the scientists. They dazzled us with their fancy fossils, their radiocarbon dating and their tens of thousands of peer-reviewed journal articles. As editors, we had no business being persuaded by mountains of evidence.

:rofl:

[hickman1937]

5. Maybe now they'll address real historical questions.

Like how did Noah keep the T-Rexes away from...well everything and everybody else.

[txindy]

7. I've always wondered that, too. It keeps me awake at night.

[hippywife]

6. Excellent!

Addresses the theocrats and the failure of the media all in one very sarcastic, yet hilarious and light-hearted, swipe.

[XanaDUer]

9. OT

but I :loveya: your avatar.

[hippywife]

10. Thanx!

It's my favorite picture of him of all times. :)

I really had to squish it to get it to avatar size. The original is much better:

[JitterbugPerfume]

8. at this rate

soon there will be monks in isolated monastaries copying science by candle light

[XanaDUer]

11. Kick.

:kick:

[XanaDUer]

12. Kick.

Because this is freaking hilarious.