(August 15, 2012 at 4:59 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote:

(August 15, 2012 at 4:34 pm)Tobie Wrote: I really would not be surprised if conservapedia turned out to be a poe. It is ridiculous that the ignorance levels of so many people get so high.

Possibly, but every single one of these "counterexamples" I've heard several times from real creationists like Hovind or Ham.

Is there a special "how to be a biblically inspired moron" class in US schools?

(August 15, 2012 at 12:39 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: Warning: You may experience injury from severe face-palming

Is this what happens when creationists pay attention in science class? They start changing what they hear to make it support their beliefs?

(August 15, 2012 at 5:14 pm)Tobie Wrote:

(August 15, 2012 at 4:59 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: Possibly, but every single one of these "counterexamples" I've heard several times from real creationists like Hovind or Ham.

Is there a special "how to be a biblically inspired moron" class in US schools?

Not officially but it meets every sunday morning. And every day for many homeschoolers.

Quote:Is there a special "how to be a biblically inspired moron" class in US schools?

Only in the bible belt....where it is a required course.

They never get it, do they? Like...EVER. I think the word "theory" is tossed around too much and used too loosely. As a result nowadays we get these lemming-like morons who hear "theory of evolution" and "theory of relativity" and "theory of gravity" and think "MUST MEAN IT'S ONLY SUSPECTED AND THEY DON'T HAVE EVIDENCE TO BACK IT UP hyurp a hyuck a durpidee dee"

What shoe-on-head idiots actually have these kinds of thought processes? Here, in the US, SUPPOSEDLY the land of innovation and intellectual discourse, we have the biggest group of idiots you can possibly imagine in the entire first world. They're not just stupid, they're insultingly stupid. So stupid that instead of them being insulted for being so stupid, you feel insulted because you actually heard them say their stupidity. Insulted because you realize that by some form of national or cultural ties you are associated with these buffoons. These peoples' brainwave patterns must look like a fucking 60hz ground hum, I swear to atheismo.

(August 15, 2012 at 8:16 pm)libalchris Wrote: Ahh conservapedia. He also has counterexamples to Einstein's theory of relativity. http://www.conservapedia.com/Counterexam...Relativity

I guess he didn't get that when we said "gravity is just a theory too" we were implying that scientific theories are powerful, not blind guesses.

I'm trying to imagine what problem a creationist might have with relativity. Is there something about relativity that contradicts the bible like the theory of evolution?

(August 17, 2012 at 4:03 pm)teaearlgreyhot Wrote: I'm trying to imagine what problem a creationist might have with relativity. Is there something about relativity that contradicts the bible like the theory of evolution?

Don't know about creationists, but Conservapedia appears to be staffed entirely by kooks have a strong anti-science bias in general.

The thing is, these people are not stupid in the intellectually challenged sense; instead, they choose to display stupidity at levels that are close to genius. I really wish I could come up with as many ways to explain away established scientific theories; maybe then I'd be able to write fiction and make a fucking killing.