And gives those of us who get a little smug about our critical thinking a refresher on the importance of critical thinking. Go read.
And he thanked me by name! You now get to ridicule me mercilessly for going into fanboy squee mode.
To be fair, PZ does have some valid criticisms.
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The short answer is Poe's Law, which Roger has an addendum on the article stating his unfamiliarity with it.
ReplyDeleteAnd while I usually refrain from the intellectual insults to the religious (or else I'd be doing it constantly), in this case detecting a poe is a simple measure of seeming intelligence versus how fundamental the statement is. Roger Ebert? Far too high on the IQ scale to spew creationism.