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 furshur 
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 Scientific American caves in to fundies: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=2&articleID=000E555C-4387-1237-81CB83414B7FFE9F
 quote:  SA PERSPECTIVES  April 2005 issue      Okay, We Give Up   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.  In retrospect, this mag-azine's coverage of so-called evolution has been hideously one-sided. For decades, we published articles in every issue that endorsed the ideas of Charles Darwin and his cronies. True, the theory of common descent through natural selection has been called the unifying concept for all of biology and one of the greatest scientific ideas of all time, but that was no excuse to be fanatics about it. Where were the answering articles presenting the powerful case for scientific creationism? 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....continued at Scientific American Digital  
    The end of the article does mention something along the lines of 'Happy April 1'.
 
  
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 Kil 
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 Posted - 04/01/2005 :  10:16:25   [Permalink]
  
  
  
  
                 
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|  Cool one.... | 
 
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  Why not question something for a change?
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 Posted - 04/01/2005 :  14:08:58   [Permalink]
  
                 
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 quote: Originally posted by Kil
  Cool one....
 
  It is. I like it even better than Nature's bacteria-eaten, moon gag. 
 
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  "The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
  Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
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 Kil 
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 Posted - 04/06/2005 :  17:49:14   [Permalink]
  
                 
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 I love it!  What a great bunch you all are!
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 Paulos23 
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 Posted - 04/07/2005 :  07:51:18   [Permalink]
  
  
                 
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 quote: Originally posted by Dave W.
  Did anyone find this amusing?
 
  
  I nearly had a heart attack, untill I saw the post date.  Don't do that again...please :) | 
 
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 Kil 
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 Posted - 04/07/2005 :  08:31:51   [Permalink]
  
  
  
  
                 
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|  Now we know how many here actually do read the Summary. And frankly, our feelings are hurt! If you haven't read last weeks summary, well, bite me... | 
 
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 furshur 
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 Posted - 04/07/2005 :  09:39:01   [Permalink]
  
                 
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 That was hilarious.  Was that written before kilik or did he inspire some of that?
  I'll make a deal with you.  I will read the summarys from now on and how bout I don't bite you... ok?
 
 
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