James Randi wrote:Readers, do something about this. Please send an e-mail to giving@si.edu addressed to Mr. Randall Kremer, Public Affairs. Tell him of your concern over this situation. And, you might add that the JREF is willing to donate $20,000 to the Smithsonian Institution if they agree to give back the "Discovery Institute" $16,000 and decline to sponsor the showing of the film. And the JREF will not require the Smithsonian to run any films or propaganda that favor our point of view...
Go to the Randi webpage, read the gory details and WRITE TO THE SMITHSONIAN TO COMPLAIN! THIS MEANS YOU!
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TAX THE CHURCHES! - Lord Zentei TTC Supreme Grand Prophet
And the LORD said, Let there be Bosons! Yea and let there be Bosoms too!
I'd rather be the great great grandson of a demon ninja than some jackass who grew potatos. -- Covenant
Dead cows don't fart. -- CJvR
...and I like strudel! -- Asuka
Look, who gives a living fuck? I certainly don't. I'm sick of every little thing being screamingly touted as the end of the world if we don't stop it.
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
MKSheppard wrote:Look, who gives a living fuck? I certainly don't. I'm sick of every little thing being screamingly touted as the end of the world if we don't stop it.
Quite a lot of people do give a living fuck and quite a lot more besides. Thi9s is the first time I've asked anyone on the board to write a letter of complaint to anyone over anything as far as I recall. I'm sick of the creationist crowd and their ID buttbuddies being viewed as anything more than the nutjobs they are by the general public, but when respected science institutions give them the time of day, that's the last goddamn straw. If you don't care about it personally, fine, don't write.
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TAX THE CHURCHES! - Lord Zentei TTC Supreme Grand Prophet
And the LORD said, Let there be Bosons! Yea and let there be Bosoms too!
I'd rather be the great great grandson of a demon ninja than some jackass who grew potatos. -- Covenant
Dead cows don't fart. -- CJvR
...and I like strudel! -- Asuka
HemlockGrey wrote:This from the man who thinks that a gun ban will inevitably lead to mass confiscations of kitchen knives.
If you study the history of British Weapons Control, you'll see that their
MO is to constantly re-define what is considered "controlled weapons"
ever downwards to the point where they're raising trial balloons over
kitchen kives over a certain length after they banned switchblades, and
various implements such as Craftsman Leathermen, etc.
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
If you study the history of British Weapons Control, you'll see that their MO is to constantly re-define what is considered "controlled weapons"
ever downwards to the point where they're raising trial balloons over
kitchen kives over a certain length after they banned switchblades, and
various implements such as Craftsman Leathermen, etc.
I'd like to make a detailed reply explaining how this is or more or less comparable to the threat of creationism, but I think it's already obvious.
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HemlockGrey wrote:This from the man who thinks that a gun ban will inevitably lead to mass confiscations of kitchen knives.
If you study the history of British Weapons Control, you'll see that their
MO is to constantly re-define what is considered "controlled weapons"
ever downwards to the point where they're raising trial balloons over
kitchen kives over a certain length after they banned switchblades, and
various implements such as Craftsman Leathermen, etc.
And I take it this is 'The End of the World!!!111one!!!'?
Articles, opinions and rants from an astrophysicist: Cosmic Journeys
We all KNOW that this kind of bullshit will be used by creationists to claim that there's actually scientific validation of this shit... I agree with LZ. Unless we actively participate in diminishing the effect of their bullshit on the world, things will only continue to get worse. If they can use their claims of scientific validation to push the political agenda of getting ID taught in schools, we're all fucked. If this shit goes to far, the nation will keep regressing in education. No more of this bullshit..
HemlockGrey wrote:I'd like to make a detailed reply explaining how this is or more or less comparable to the threat of creationism, but I think it's already obvious.
Why yes, the evil Creationists (TM) are going to ban every science book
in the country; and then burn them all in huge bonfires!
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
MKSheppard wrote:
Why yes, the evil Creationists (TM) are going to ban every science book
in the country; and then burn them all in huge bonfires!
Worse... they start to fill science book with their shit and call it 'science'. And in 30 years the Lord's Prayer will be the main syllabus in high school science classes. It's your fucking country going down the drain, retard.
Articles, opinions and rants from an astrophysicist: Cosmic Journeys
kheegan wrote:It's your fucking country going down the drain, retard.
PRAISE THE LORD!
The country's already down the shitter. I should know, I used to grade my
class-mates schoolwork.
"If scientists and inventors who develop disease cures and useful technologies don't get lifetime royalties, I'd like to know what fucking rationale you have for some guy getting lifetime royalties for writing an episode of Full House." - Mike Wong
"The present air situation in the Pacific is entirely the result of fighting a fifth rate air power." - U.S. Navy Memo - 24 July 1944
It isn't smart to let it go any further down... hell, are you the kind to just get screwed and take it? Fuck that. I aint gonna let these ass holes fuck over future generations, specifically my goddamned children. You want these ass hols teaching religion in school? I sure as fuck don't.
I write regarding the Smithsonian Institution's decision to screen the movie "The Privileged Planet: The Search for Purpose in the Universe." in the National Museum of Natural History. I find it outrageous that such an august institution was the Smithsonian would stoop to screening a movie which is effectively a propaganda film for intelligent design, a so-called scientific theory which has little scientific evidence and support among the scientific community.
While I recognise the fact that the Smithsonian has withdrawn co-sponsorship for the screening of this film, nevertheless the very act of allowing this movie to be shown in the Museum lends a false sheen of legitimacy to intelligent design, most particularly in the eyes of a non-scientifically-literate public.
I am concerned at recent trends towards pseudoscience and superstition in American society in general (and certain American institutions of education in particular), and I hope the Smithsonian will stand true to its role as a pillar of American science and arrest this worrying decline. Henceforth, I urge the Smithsonian to stop the screening of the abovementioned movie.
Regards,
Khee Gan Lee
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University College London
'Cogito, ergo sum', Renes Descartes (1596-1650)
Articles, opinions and rants from an astrophysicist: Cosmic Journeys
TAX THE CHURCHES! - Lord Zentei TTC Supreme Grand Prophet
And the LORD said, Let there be Bosons! Yea and let there be Bosoms too!
I'd rather be the great great grandson of a demon ninja than some jackass who grew potatos. -- Covenant
Dead cows don't fart. -- CJvR
...and I like strudel! -- Asuka
I write regarding the Smithsonian Institution's decision to screen the movie "The Privileged Planet: The Search for Purpose in the Universe." in the National Museum of Natural History. I find it outrageous that such an august institution was the Smithsonian would stoop to screening a movie which is effectively a propaganda film for intelligent design, a so-called scientific theory which has little scientific evidence and support among the scientific community.
While I recognise the fact that the Smithsonian has withdrawn co-sponsorship for the screening of this film, nevertheless the very act of allowing this movie to be shown in the Museum lends a false sheen of legitimacy to intelligent design, most particularly in the eyes of a non-scientifically-literate public.
I am concerned at recent trends towards pseudoscience and superstition in American society in general (and certain American institutions of education in particular), and I hope the Smithsonian will stand true to its role as a pillar of American science and arrest this worrying decline. Henceforth, I urge the Smithsonian to stop the screening of the abovementioned movie.
Regards,
Khee Gan Lee
Department of Physics and Astronomy,
University College London
'Cogito, ergo sum', Renes Descartes (1596-1650)
One thing kheegan, shouldn't that be "cognito, ergo, sum"
Unless that doesn't mean what i think it should...
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For the first time, the forces of logic and reason actually do something other than sit on their asses and say, "I boycott this!"
There better be a letter from every member on this board. Hell, I'll put the mailing address in my sig.
"If one needed proof that a guitar was more than wood and string, that a song was more than notes and words, and that a man could be more than a name and a few faded pictures, then Robert Johnson’s recordings were all one could ask for."
wolveraptor wrote:For the first time, the forces of logic and reason actually do something other than sit on their asses and say, "I boycott this!"
There better be a letter from every member on this board. Hell, I'll put the mailing address in my sig.
Cool idea.
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TAX THE CHURCHES! - Lord Zentei TTC Supreme Grand Prophet
And the LORD said, Let there be Bosons! Yea and let there be Bosoms too!
I'd rather be the great great grandson of a demon ninja than some jackass who grew potatos. -- Covenant
Dead cows don't fart. -- CJvR
...and I like strudel! -- Asuka
Zac Naloen wrote:
One thing kheegan, shouldn't that be "cognito, ergo, sum"
Unless that doesn't mean what i think it should...
It doesn't, that would mean, roughly, "I am an Idea, thus." Cogito is the verb he wanted...
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Zac Naloen wrote:
One thing kheegan, shouldn't that be "cognito, ergo, sum"
Unless that doesn't mean what i think it should...
It doesn't, that would mean, roughly, "I am an Idea, thus." Cogito is the verb he wanted...
aha, that means its been wrong every other time i've seen it.
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"If one needed proof that a guitar was more than wood and string, that a song was more than notes and words, and that a man could be more than a name and a few faded pictures, then Robert Johnson’s recordings were all one could ask for."
-- Asuka
