Comments on: Big Ed gives BA props

By: justcorbly

justcorbly — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:03:42 +0000

It was an “obvious error”, David, that very likely went unnoticed by 90 percent of his listeners, and, frankly, would have gone unnoticed by 90 percent of teh American population. You don’t really think people know this stuff, do you?

In any case, Schultz’s “error” is not important. What’s important is that he was juxtaposing the rational scientific evidence-based explanation of Earth’s existence with the silly notion that it popped magically into existence 6000 years ago. Schultz is no scientist, and he didn’t have the facts straight, but he knows who’s right and who’s wrong.

As for Olbermann: You’re looking for someone on TV that doesn’t ideas? Good luck with that? Besides, people need to stop seeking vicarious jollies via pundits.

By: David D

David D — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:34:40 +0000

The fundamental point: Schultz, in attempting to correct a foolish woman, made an obvious error about a well-established fact (sorry, ballpark doesn’t count), which #1, made him look like a fool, and #2, gives people like that foolish woman more ammunition to cloud the issue.

Olbermann stealing ideas? What else is new?

By: Booker

Booker — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 03:04:05 +0000

Did anyone catch Olbermann plagiarizing Plait’s web site while he was panning Sylvia Allen in his “Worst Persons” segment?

Olbermann lifted almost verbatim, including Plait’s mention of the irony of the issue of Uranium mining in the context of the planet being 6000 years old. Olbermann blew it by attempting to taunt Allen about her not understanding “carbon dating”.

It is a bad idea to rely on one pompous, arrogant (in that he lifted material from this site without attribution) dweeb, to call out an ignorant, narrow boob.

I am surprised no one is pounding Olbermann on that bit of blatant theft of ideas.

By: I'd_rather_be fishin'

I'd_rather_be fishin' — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:05:04 +0000

@3 Michael L Says:
July 16th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
I’m so glad I live in Canada where we do not have stupid politicians…

Must be one of those lucky Easterners with the edjucated politicians. Not like us poor western folk with Ralph Klein (high school never-made-it and former used car salesman).

By: justcorbly

justcorbly — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:38:28 +0000

@46: I listen to Schultz reasonably often. It’s my impression that he does, in fact, admit to factual mistakes. Frankly, I wouldn’t expect him to issue a correction about that “one billion” business. He’s certainly much nearer the ballpark than the silliness uttered by Allen. Besides, 99 percent of the American public has no idea how old the planet is, or how far away the Moon is, or whether ISS orbits at 60 miles, 300 miles or a million miles.

The fundamental point: Schultz is a rational person who will accept evidence of reality. Allen, like any other person who deals with reality via a distortion field of bogus religious dogma, will not.

By: HappyKitty

HappyKitty — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 22:35:57 +0000

Doesn’t really matter if the earth is 6000, 1 billion or 4.5 billion years old. Humans have only been mining uranium for maybe a couple of hundred years, causing toxic quantities of it to be released into the environment. This woman’s stupidity is in thinking that nothing has changed since before the start of the Industrial Revolution.

By: Corry Lee Smith

Corry Lee Smith — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:05:22 +0000

One billion? Hey, I wouldn’t let the host off the hook so easily. Just because astronomers are giddy when they get something pinned down to within an order of magnitude …