Re: NCSE Contacts Every Living Scientist

From: Joel Peter Anderson (joela@nts.umn.edu)
Date: Wed Oct 17 2001 - 12:17:58 EDT

  • Next message: Howard J. Van Till: "Re: NCSE Contacts Every Living Scientist"

    ? Sorry; I didn't mean to say (or even imply) NCSE was slimy. Looking at
    their website, they were, um, a bit riled at the Discovery Institute's
    response to the PBS Evolution series. This piece just looked like an
    "Onion"-esque takeoff of the NCSE bulletins.

    On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Howard J. Van Till wrote:

    > After trying unsuccessfully to identify the agenda of the bit of sarcasm
    > posted by Allen Roy, I wrote:
    >
    > >> I hesitate to admit it, but I have no idea what the point of this bit of
    > >> tongue-in-cheek text is about. Please enlighten me.
    >
    > Joel Peter Anderson <joela@nts.umn.edu> replied:
    >
    > > Have you visited the NCSE web site? Seems like this release would fit
    > > right into the this list with nary a ripple...
    > >
    > >
    > > 10/15/2001 - Gee Decries Discovery Institute's Misuse of Quotes
    > > 10/14/2001 - Kauffman Rejects Intelligent Design
    > > 10/12/2001 - Gilbert Rebukes Discovery Institute for Use of Quote
    > > 10/3/2001 - Moore Corrects Discovery Institute's Poor History
    > > 10/3/2001 - Discovery Institute "0 for 3" vs. Miller
    > > 10/1/2001 - Coyne Exposes Discovery Institute's "old tricks"
    > > 9/27/2001 - Congregational Study Guide for Evolution Series Now Available
    > > 9/26/2001 - Discovery Institute Quotes Clark Out of Context
    > > 9/25/2001 - Miller: A "Dying Theory" Fails Again
    > > 9/17/2001 - Hanken, Pace give lesson to Wells, Behe
    >
    > HVT: So, led to expect some really slimy stuff, I visited the NCSE website

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