Egnorance: The egotistical combination of ignorance and arrogance. First coined by Burt Humburg Reed Cartwright to describe Michael Egnor, neurosurgeon, ID-flak, and no-nothing (at least when it comes to biology).
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Category: Intelligent Design
Posted on: March 10, 2007 7:11 PM, by John Lynch
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Actually, I came up with that coinage in an email to Burt, suggesting that he consider the title that you see on his post. Someone else, who shall remain nameless, came up with the snark "egnorance".
Posted by: Reed A. Cartwright | March 10, 2007 5:38 PM
Oh, come on Reed, credit where credit's due. I was the one who typed it in.
Reed's right and he does get credit for the title idea. Actually, the entire post was a group effort. Maybe I organized it and added a few thoughts of my own, but much props goes to PTers for making me look so good and suggesting so many great leads.
BCH
Posted by: Burt Humburg | March 10, 2007 11:48 PM
WEEELLLLL - I was the first to call him Dr. Egnor(amus)!!!111!!!
Whatever...
Posted by: T. Bruce McNeely | March 11, 2007 1:05 AM
Not that it is all that important, or ingenius, since it's a pretty easy play on words, but...
http://scienceblogs.com/goodmath/2007/02/a_math_geek_on_dr_egnors_evasi_1.php
I coined it in that thread on 2-25. :)
Posted by: MarkP | March 11, 2007 11:08 PM
Burt: You do deserve credit for publicizing the definition.
MarkP: It is an easy play on words, and it looks like the dictionary definition of "egnorance" is going to get larger:
Posted by: Reed A. Cartwright | March 12, 2007 1:19 PM