Re: The Missing Universe Museum

On Jul 8, 1:25 pm, John Stockwell <john.19071...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Jul 8, 10:14 am, Kermit <unrestrained_h...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

For those of you who haven't seen it yet, here's most of the bizarre
Creationist notions all in one convenient, mind-numbing, package:http://missinguniversemuseum.com/

Warning! Wear a raincoat, have plenty of aspirin handy, and don't try
to read too much at once. Watch for early signs of brain anoxia, and
seek medical help if necessary. Not for young children, pets, the
determinedly naive, the faint of heart, or anyone given to
palpitations or swooning.

Kerm

The appropriate response is to email the guy that runs this site
thanking him for the hilarious parody of creation science. Also, you
might write him and tell him that you are a creationist and you
realize how his parody of creationism made you realize how idiotic
creation science is.

I'm further inclined to complement his/her (oh, hell, it has to be
a he, it's always a he) graphing techniques as seen on the
population page http://missinguniversemuseum.com/Exhibit17.htm
I especially like a line that is fatter (in pseudo 3D on a 2D graph
yet) than the data range over the first 3/4 of the graph. It's
precisely the aesthetic that appeals to one who wholly misunderstands
the value of a graph.

But is it worth suggesting that the parody could be improved by
making it look more legitimate through the referencing of sources.
For example, where does the population data for the graph come
from, was there an inspiration to the argument. Without some
referencing of sources one might be inclined to dismiss the site
as an actual lunatic rather than a clever spoof.

.

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