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PZ Myers is a biologist and associate professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris.
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[T]heology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
Edward O. Wilson, Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge, (First edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998), p. 6.
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Category: Weirdness
Posted on: December 19, 2006 9:11 AM, by PZ Myers
We know that spammers cobble up chunks of text by skimming various sources, such as religious tracts, but a reader has discovered that they also pull random text from newspapers. My name has appeared in spam!
That's from a Star Tribune article that quoted me—now I'm wondering what the spammer was trying to sell under my name.
YES! Send me a free issue of Seed.
If I like what I see, I'll receive 5 more issues (6 in all) for just $14.95. That's 50% off the cover price! If I'm not completely satisfied, I'll simply write "cancel" on the invoice and owe nothing. The free issue is mine to keep.
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Comments
Posted by: J-Dog | December 19, 2006 9:54 AM
As long as it wasn't a bible, or other noxious materials, I think you're okay.
Posted by: Kristine | December 19, 2006 11:53 AM
I've been getting weird religio spam at work--and I don't give out my work e-mail--containing parts of bible verses. Every day, it's something like, "And then, Joshua spake thusly" in the subject line, and "to the harlots and jezebels, blah" in the body. The sentence is never completed (not that I'm seething with curiosity to see how it turns out).
Posted by: Scott Hatfield | December 19, 2006 2:17 PM
Calamari?
Posted by: Ted | December 19, 2006 3:15 PM
now I'm wondering what the spammer was trying to sell under my name.
Probably a dime stock. The pump-and-dump spam is the majority of the recent wave...
Posted by: Ranger Jay | December 19, 2006 5:02 PM
I think they were trying to sell Viagra that ships in a Pez-like dispenser shaped like a squid.