Respect mah skeptical authoritay

Crispian Jago is a UK skeptic and clearly someone who craves nothing more than attention from other skeptical blogs. Why else then does he create such fantastic content destined to be linked and spread around the critical thinking community like an online Ebola? Case in point: his South Park satire of skepticism which made me laugh out loud.

I think he really captured Tim Minchin perfectly.

October 9th, 2009 8:00 AM Tags: Crispian Jago, South Park
by Phil Plait in Humor, Skepticism | 7 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

7 Responses to “Respect mah skeptical authoritay”

1. Ken B Says:
October 9th, 2009 at 8:13 am

“Oh my god. They sued Simon!”
“You bastards!”
2. Zed Says:
October 9th, 2009 at 8:28 am

Brilliant
3. Neil Davies Says:
October 9th, 2009 at 8:46 am

Crispian rocks. And lives not too far from Avebury.
4. Lars Says:
October 9th, 2009 at 9:10 am

Stop! Stop! Will you stop that! Stop it! Now, look! No one is to sue anyone until I blow this whistle! Do you understand?

Even, and I want to make this absolutely clear, even if they do say “The British Chiropractic Association promotes bogus treatments”!
5. Grumpy Teacher Says:
October 10th, 2009 at 5:28 am

I may respect your skeptical authority but I sure don’t respect your grammatical and proper English language usage authority! Not based on how you’ve spelt that title.
6. Petrolonfire Says:
October 10th, 2009 at 5:29 am

online Ebola?

Hey, that’s like fully SICK mate!
7. Erwin Blonk Says:
October 13th, 2009 at 3:28 am

@Lars

Did you just mention the British Chiroporactic Association, the promoters of bogus treatments?

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