Pharyngula has criticised the BBC on his blog.
I’d already read the web page Pharyngula refers to before I read his blog. When I read the BBC web page I was left in no doubt that the people the BBC interviewed came across as deluded eccentrics. Although I did find it a bit scary to discover that one of them flies helicopters for the
Maybe Pharyngula is right. Some whacky people will nod in agreement while reading the bizarre comments. It will be a shame though if journalists end up losing the arts of irony and subtlety, all because of the actions of a bunch of anti-knowledge fundamentalists.
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so much for the chain gunner, I think those Creationists that call themselves 'Teachers' at Emmanuel College will do more damage in the long term and it's a lot closer to home.
I agree, teaching Creationism in schools as if it were fact is potentially far more damaging than some whacky theme park.
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