After Dembski sent out that request for more contributions to his petty flash animation, Ken Miller offers him more than he asked for: a nice assortment of the most embarrasssing moments for the creationists at the Dover trial. No response from Dembski yet; aren't you all looking forward to it?
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Category: Creationism
Posted on: December 18, 2006 9:04 PM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: Spoony Quine | December 18, 2006 9:19 PM
` Is it sad that such people as ourselves consider this to be comedy?
Posted by: Graculus | December 18, 2006 9:51 PM
The "galloping horses" was a nice touch.
Posted by: Wesley R. Elsberry | December 18, 2006 9:54 PM
Actually, Dembski's response was more or less, "get your own Flash animator".
Posted by: Adam | December 19, 2006 12:22 AM
"It's great to see what sort of research the Intelligent Design movement is up to these days!"
The killer sentence.
Posted by: Tyler DiPietro | December 19, 2006 12:41 AM
"It's great to see what sort of research the Intelligent Design movement is up to these days!"
The killer sentence.
It's also great to see what sort of revolutionary, paradigm-shattering ideas Dembski is proposing in information theory.
Don't worry, they're a` comin'! You just wait apiece.
Posted by: Scott Hatfield | December 19, 2006 12:45 AM
One gets the sense that even the cheerful Ken Miller is completely fed up with the likes of Dembski. I've seen Dr. Miller publicly in a variety of forums, including an on-line debate where he pretty much trashed Philip Johnson, but I've never seen an extended burst of sarcasm like this.
Good. Dembski's actions need to be mocked, and by as many as possible. On that note, Torjborn Larsson has a bon mot on the PT thread that should be savored....SH
Posted by: Kristine | December 19, 2006 1:03 AM
No response from Dembski yet; aren't you all looking forward to it?
Yeah! I was.
But all Dembski did was empty his wallet of his letters to/from Dawkins all over the UD floor. (Not that I object; fine idea to have Dawkins take him down on his own blog!)
Posted by: Ric | December 19, 2006 9:23 AM
I suggested this at PT too: someone needs to add the flash animation fiasco to Dembski's wikipedia entry. That ought to get DaveScot steaming. But still, I think it is valuable info for the entry.
Posted by: Bronze Dog | December 19, 2006 9:42 AM
Something that just came to mind: Have a video of some Discovery Institute headquarters, talking about the breathtaking research going on inside. "Let's head into their lab" and it's Dembski and Behe done Terrance and Philip Style, making fart jokes while making their own fart-filled animation.
Posted by: Kristine | December 19, 2006 11:03 AM
"Let's head into their lab"
Getting us all to fit into that post office box sounds more like a job for quantum physics to me!
Posted by: Kristine | December 19, 2006 1:35 PM
It gets better!
Posted by: Spoony Quine | December 19, 2006 2:20 PM
` Bwaa haa haaaa haaaaa! It's so not funny that it's funny!
Posted by: Scott Hatfield | December 19, 2006 2:26 PM
Kristine:
If someone had told me that you were 'making whoopee' this is *not* what I would've pictured. I'm afraid that from now on whenever I think of Dembski I'm going to have to suppress a giggle. Tsk tsk. You're gonna get coal in your stocking, young lady. Mississipian coal, with lots of fern impressions.
Seriously, though, well done. As I said, Bill D needs to be mocked by as many as possible....SH
Posted by: Kristine | December 19, 2006 4:22 PM
You're gonna get coal in your stocking, young lady
Hey, I didn't make the thing! ;-)
So far I've already gotten three blog-presents from Santa--the dashing Dawkins at UD, the stickers falling down in Cobb County, and now, the cute little Dembski cushion (can it double as a pot-holder?). Christmas is looking good so far!