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Complementary and alternative medicine History Holocaust Holocaust denial Intelligent design/creationism Pseudoscience Skepticism/critical thinking

Pseudohistory and pseudoscience

While I am on vacation, I’m reprinting a number of “Classic Insolence” posts to keep the blog active while I’m gone. (It also has the salutory effect of allowing me to move some of my favorite posts from the old blog over to the new blog, and I’m guessing that quite a few of my […]

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Evolution Intelligent design/creationism Skepticism/critical thinking

Reply to a 14 year old creationist

While I am on vacation, I’m reprinting a number of “Classic Insolence” posts to keep the blog active while I’m gone. (It also has the salutory effect of allowing me to move some of my favorite posts from the old blog over to the new blog, and I’m guessing that quite a few of my […]

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Evolution Humor Intelligent design/creationism Pseudoscience Science Skepticism/critical thinking

Intelligent design apologia: Pot. Kettle. Black

While I am on vacation, I’m reprinting a number of “Classic Insolence” posts to keep the blog active while I’m gone. (It also has the salutory effect of allowing me to move some of my favorite posts from the old blog over to the new blog, and I’m guessing that quite a few of my […]

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Anti-Semitism Evolution History Holocaust Intelligent design/creationism Pseudoscience Skepticism/critical thinking

Random dispatch from the road: More on Darwin & Hitler

The other day, in the wake of D. James Kennedy’s dishonest documentary Darwin’s Deadly Legacy, which blatantly tried to blame the Holocaust and Nazi racial hygiene policies to Darwin’s theory of evolution in a totally dishonest way. Particularly ridiculous was Richard Weikart’s emphasison the observation that the Nazis used the term “selection” when doctors met […]

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Holocaust Intelligent design/creationism

Dispatch from the road: Why single out Darwin to blame the Holocaust on?

Amazing. I’ve found Internet access, and, of course, I can’t resist using it to add a bit to the commentary about the special being aired by the Coral Ridge Ministries that seeks to blame the Holocaust on Darwin. Yes, I did launch a Hitler Zombie attack on Monday, right before heading out on vacation, but […]