January 2012 Open Thread

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  1. #1 Shinsko
    January 31, 2012
  2. #2 Lotharsson
    January 31, 2012

    > The Australian has dutifully re-printed that WSJ Op-Ed today.

    So they spent a few days doing due diligence on it and assessing reactions in the webosphere?

    (And found it to meet their ideological requirements, presumably…)

  3. #3 John Mashey
    January 31, 2012

    Meanwhile, across the Tasman, Gareth Renowden’s Puppets on a String has borne fruit at the NZ Herald.

    C’mon Australia: who’s asking about the money that went to “South Asia and Pacific” and for things like translations before Jo Nova’s Skeptics Handbook appeared, and Heartland gave away 14,000 copies to US school board presidents?

  4. #4 bill
    January 31, 2012

    Re John Mashey @#571: A very palpable hit indeed for Gareth there – well done!

    And the performance of the NZCSC and ICSC’s defenders on that Hot Topic thread is virtually a caricature of Denialism in action. Talk about a World Beyond Satire!…

  5. #5 Lotharsson
    February 1, 2012

    And a little bit more in comments on [that Angliss post](http://www.scholarsandrogues.com/2012/01/27/open-letter-to-burt-rutan/) – #141 by Pythagoras systematically takes apart one of Rutan’s key claims, and #148 by Angliss responds further to Rutan, including calling him out for completely ignoring valid critiques and evidence refuting his claims.