I've had a few run-ins with this wacky retired chemist and obsessive creationist, and recently pestered Jeffrey Shallit. There's a good tip in that account; Shallit just mentioned my name, and Skell fled. I guess I've become an anti-creationist talisman now.
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Phil Skell? Is he still around?
Category: Creationism
Posted on: December 30, 2009 9:34 AM, by PZ Myers
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Posted by: kzelnio
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December 30, 2009 2:00 PM
He is a professor at Penn State. RPM from the former evolgen blog and I used to anxiously await his questions about complexity at each evolution talk! He would go on and on and on... basically monopolizing any time he could grab to speak about absolutely nothing. My favorite was when he asked my advisor during one of his talks about how sight could have possibly evolved in the deep sea. His talk was about the ecology of animals at hydrothermal vents... Anyways, Phil Skell is very well known to the Penn State people and generally laughed down upon.
Posted by: 朴競花/박경화 (Gyeong Hwa)
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December 30, 2009 2:28 PM
*Facepalm
Only religious dogma can make you that blind.
Posted by: stand.myopenid.com
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December 30, 2009 3:09 PM
Wow, I'll have to remember that! I promise to only use the talismanic powers of PZ for Good.
Posted by: PZ Myers
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December 30, 2009 3:18 PM
I'm pretty sure vampires flee in terror when they see me, too. At least, I've never encountered one.
Posted by: sasqwatch
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December 30, 2009 3:21 PM
Lay off the garlic.
Posted by: Cycle Ninja
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December 30, 2009 4:13 PM
How good are you with Zombies?Posted by: jcmartz.myopenid.com
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December 30, 2009 4:20 PM
"I guess I've become an anti-creationist talisman now."
I should make a necklace with your name on it to keep the creationist/ID crowd at bay.
Posted by: Romeo Vitelli
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December 30, 2009 4:23 PM
"I guess I've become an anti-creationist talisman now."
If you're taking on divine attributes, does that mean Atheism is obsolete now?
Posted by: steve
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December 30, 2009 4:51 PM
What is it with some chemists? This guy is a creationist, I'm sure many of you have seen Richard Dawkins's interview with chemist/creationist Nick Cowan, we all know Michael Behe, and in C&E News there were 6 letters in one issue supporting IDiocy (July 6 2009).
Please be assured that the views on evolution of Behe, Cowan, Skell and those who wrote in the aforementioned C&EN issue do not represent the views of the chemistry community. Many chemists (myself included) have no problems at all with evolution and put it as science right up with atomic theory, the gas laws, MO theory and so forth.
Posted by: nejishiki
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December 30, 2009 5:19 PM
@9
Not sure what Behe's deal is, considering he's a Biochemist, so his training is a bit different than your standard organic or physical chemist.
But one explanation is that creationists who don't want to have to learn or use evolutionary ideas might prefer to go into chemistry, where these issues don't arise because it's not an historical science like Biology or astrophysics. Chemistry (and engineering) thus become an ecological niche for creationism.
Posted by: Rutee, Shrieking Harpy of Dooooom
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December 30, 2009 6:13 PM
"If you're taking on divine attributes, does that mean Atheism is obsolete now?"
Only after the divine attributes are verified with rigorous testing and replicable.
Posted by: CanonicalKoi
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December 30, 2009 8:00 PM
@ #7 - I'm making a sign for my door:, "I read Pharyngula by P.Z. Myers, daily." I'm hoping it'll cut down on the number of nutcakes banging on my door wanting to "save" me.
Posted by: speedweasel
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December 30, 2009 8:33 PM
PZ said,
I have a rock that keeps tigers away.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp
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December 30, 2009 8:37 PM
I have sweet handlebar moustache that keeps bothersome people away.
It's magic!
Posted by: a_ray_in_dilbert_space
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December 30, 2009 8:48 PM
Re: Vampires.
On a recent vacation to Sri Lanka (highly recommended btw), we were served garlic curry. Yes, it is just what it sounds like--garlic curried in coconut milk and spices. Not only did it keep garlic away, I noticed it got us extra spaces on the busses, too!