Creationists have often argued that they did not come from apes, a view usually ridiculed by the scientific community. Recent evidence, however, suggests that they may have actually been right. Scientists think that at the dawn of mankind, when the rest of the human race was busy evolving and adapting to their environment, creationists were refusing to take part in the evolutionary game, and as a result of this are therefore thoroughly unevolved human beings.

Read the rest, where the DNA evidence is also discussed.

I’m skeptical that it is possible to make fried beer. I find it hard to believe that one can be human and not be a hypocrite at least some times. I’m skeptical that atheist doctors will actually conspire to kill you sooner than other doctors. I’m skeptical that science experiments always work.

Skeptically Speaking’s Podcase show Karl Mamer is now a podcast, here.

(Includes Josh Witten on irrational beliefs and evolutionary theory.)

Five years ago, on August 29th, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the coast of Louisiana with sustained winds of 125 mph. In what Republicans at the time claimed to be an utterly unrelated event, New Orleans was devastated by a flood around the same time. Apparently, New Orleans remains pretty much still devastated. Well, the poor parts do, other parts have been fixed up, I hear.

Scientists had predicted that a hurricane like Katrina would hit New Orleans and do pretty much what it did. So, we call August 29th “Oh fuck, we should have listened to the scientists” day.

So, happy “Oh Fuck” day.

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