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Skeptic Cage Match

Category: Humor • Skepticism/Critical Thinking
Posted on: August 8, 2008 6:05 PM, by ERV

LOL! I have no idea what possessed them to do this-- But Skeptic Friends Network set up a fine poll:

Who would win in a free-for-all, anything-goes cage match?

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Whether it comes to an intellectual faceoff or physical smackdown, it's got to be Hitchens. He's in the lead at the moment with 30% of the vote (N=43, hehehehe).

Don't take the fact I voted for him to mean I like the guy though...

Posted by: The Chimp's Raging Id | August 8, 2008 7:23 PM

How come you aren't in that list, Erv? You can rip the anti-science crowd new ones with the best of them! :-)

Posted by: Cory Albrecht | August 8, 2008 7:43 PM

I would win against all of them, obviously.

Posted by: Tyler DiPietro | August 8, 2008 7:49 PM

What, no Behe?

Posted by: Paul Lundgren | August 8, 2008 8:28 PM

Carl "The Zombie" Sagan FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Hamsterpoop | August 8, 2008 8:44 PM

Steve Novella was the first guy that came to mind.

Posted by: Will K. | August 8, 2008 10:43 PM

Phil Plait with 10%. WTF?

Mike Kaku could Kung-Fu their asses right into next Tuesday.

Posted by: Benjamin Franklin | August 8, 2008 11:29 PM

Come to think of it, Mike Kaku could Kung-Fu their asses right into the 11th dimension.

Posted by: Benjamin Franklin | August 8, 2008 11:30 PM

This isn't even a contest...Hitchens would win with ease.

Posted by: JD | August 8, 2008 11:54 PM

But Penn Jillette is 6'6"...

Posted by: aporeticus | August 9, 2008 12:00 AM

It's got to be Hitchens. As far as I know, none of the others have volunteered to be waterboarded.

Posted by: Arthur | August 9, 2008 12:07 AM

But Penn Jillette is 6'6"

"It's not the size of the dog in the fight that counts, it's the size of the fight in the dog."

Besides, Penn Jillette didn't even make the list.

Posted by: JD | August 9, 2008 12:11 AM

The poll is sexist! Where are Barbara Forrest and Genie Scott? Hmmm?

Posted by: Stacy S. | August 9, 2008 9:59 AM

I voted for PZ Myers. Nisbet's most recent post on PZ provides a photo showing PZ is holding a dangerous and terrifying toy panda, the symbol of angry atheism.

Posted by: llewelly | August 9, 2008 10:23 AM

We missed some very important skeptics in the main body of the poll. It's true. Genie Scott and ERV were a complete oversight and we couldn't fit Penn and Teller without changing the format. Based on how this poll goes, I think a rematch, including the big winners and some of the folks left behind may be in a round two. We might even come in with a whole new list and the winners of the two will meet in a final death match. So do not hesitate to make suggestions.

Our silliness knows no bounds.

Posted by: Kil | August 9, 2008 2:05 PM

Hitch. No question. The man has the soul of Keyser Soze aged in an oak barrel for three years. He'd show these men of will what will truly was.

Penn would go down in a hurry. Big guys make big targets.

Posted by: chancelikely | August 10, 2008 12:04 AM

Hitch would be tough for sure, but PZ would sneak in his cyberpistol and it would be all over.

Posted by: roddg | August 10, 2008 12:31 AM