The Steve project has reached a landmark: 1000 scientists named Steve have signed a testimonial to evolution. Best of all, the latest Steve is also a Darwin!
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This is a great day for science and Steves alike.
A kilosteve, eh? That should be a unit of measurement. Of how much information creationists don't know. Several kilosteves worth.
Will there be a similar petition of Uncle Daves? (With apologies to George Carlin.)
What about Steve's who aren't scientists?
Can I be an associate member?
#1000 is actually a Darwin? I smell a fix. (Good thinking on their part, since the list of Steves is a publicity gimmick.)
Very good news. A kilosteve is a good, round number. Very newsworthy.
You know he was just waiting for that list to tick over into 999 so he could sign it.
Here's a link to FAQ about Project Steve for those interested-
http://ncseweb.org/taking-action/project-steve-faq
I notice that Steve #1000 comes from New Orleans. A fine counterweight to the more depressing news coming from Louisiana.
Wouldn't a kilosteve actually be 1024 Steves?
Hihi Donnie B. @ 10
Probably not, 1024 (2^10) is used in computing purely because computers count in binary, kilo in every other sense is 1000 (kg=1000g etc.)
Actually even in computing it's sometimes taken to mean 1000, primarily when hard disks are being sold, a 1TB drive as sold is 1,000,000,000,000 bytes and not the 1,099,511,627,776 bytes you might reasonably expect! so aye, you get cheated out of a hair under 10% on those, lol
No, it's an SI unit, like kilograhams. If you mere measuring, say sailboat rigging, you would be right, 1 kilobight = 1024.
This makes me proud to be a Steve.
Hmmm. Steves don't know shit. An "anthony" should be the real unit of correct information. I'm up to 100% myself - and that's just a start.
Not that I have anything against "anthony", but isn't "tony", well, tonier?
A "Tony" is a debased Hollywood geegaw. It has no association whatsoever with clear, rathional thinking.
MikeG for Molly.
Yahoo! Great choice for the 1000th member of the list, too. I was one of the earlier 'Steves' and have had at least two versions of the T-shirt so far. Time to order a new one, I think.
Actually, the best part of being a 'Steve' is not the T-shirt but rather the paper published in the 'Annals of Improbable Research' titled "The Morphology of Steve". It's nice to be a co-author on a paper with two Nobel Prize Laureates and Stephen Hawking. Makes up for my total lack of 'Nature' or 'Science' papers. Or not.
SteveN
Woot. Steves reprazentin! I'm no scientist though.
In the run-up to Darwin Day, the list actually surpassed 1000. This week Glenn Branch will update the final tally, which will put the list at a kilosteve plus a dozen or so.
Of course, every 7.5 Steves statistically laps the Dissent from Darwin list. Ha, ha!
What's the unit of disingenuous misinformation - a "Ham"?
"Hovnid" is right up there to. But "Ham" is easier to say.
How many Hams in a Hovind? Or vice-versa? I suppose it'll be down to those French name-droppers at the SI institute. But it'll just turn into an 'Am or an 'Ovind and then where would we be? There's always a "Luskin" but he hasn't really carried out the stupid research to merit such an honour.
Bah, I tried clicking the link from work. Site is blocked, and here is the reason given by the filter:
Adult Material - Sites that are intended for sexual arousal of the viewer, or are grossly inappropriate such as images of body mutilation. These sites contain, exclusively reference, or discuss sexually explicit material, nudity, partial nudity, sell sex “toys”, encourage sexual encounters, or promote organizations that sell sex such as escort services.
Wow, I missed out on this story at the beginning. I'd been confusing it with the Eric conspiracy.
Go Steves
Ooooooooooh reality.....peer-reveiewed....scientific knowledge....ahhhhhhh!
This is a pogophilic site, and as such should be banned!
No, that would be a kibisteve.
As one of the Steves on the list, let me just say... go us! :)
I'm really surprised that no one so far has mentioned stevolution.
I wonder what other names would come up with. Maybe they chose "Steve" because Steves happen to be in favor of Darwinism in irrationally unproportional numbers. Chances are at least one name in the world is like that - so perhaps it is Steve.
NS
http://sciencedefeated.wordpress.com/
There's way too much Stevine self-congratulation on this thread.
All you had to do to get on this list was
1) Be named Steve
2) Have parents who encouraged you to study and become scientists.
The mere fact of years of learnin', passing exams, and making a living in the academic world (and "science" is hardly difficult to grasp, is it now?) is not enough to offset your earlier advantages.
You were born with a silver Steve spoon in your mouth - admit it.
Privilege, thy name is Steve.
"noted""scholar",
Why do you call it Darwinism? Why do you want science to be a dogma?
Are you afraid of it? Afraid of its rational approach to problem-solving? Afraid of its changing to accomodate new evidence? Afraid of its possible displacement of some of your beliefs?
Yes, science is often defeated...by more science. And I celebrate.
Even a Newton, an Einstein, or yes, a Darwin, is often wrong about a few or many things.
Science celebrates when it is defeated...and improved by a better understanding of phenomena.
If religion could more accurately account for phenomena, science would celebrate the new discoveries. If science could more accurately account for something than religion, would you celebrate?
Or would you cringe in fear and start a smear campaign?
I think your actions have already revealed the answer.
All you need to know about "noted scholar" is on his website.
Anti-"Darwinist" shite. Great arrogance and misapplied learning. Must be an anti-Steve. Site rating 500 Hams
"Noted Scholar" is neither noted nor a scholar. He is a total failure.
Wrong geographic area, wrong part of the industry.
Sorry, I meant "Broadway" geegaw.
Oh, to be a scientist named Steve...
Our new Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, is on that list.
No, they chose "Steve" in honour of Stephen Jay Gould. Grow up.
haha... this reminds me of the old Kids In The Hall recurring sketch: "Thirty Helens Agree..."
Blake Stacey beat me to it. Notedscholar clearly has either not read their FAQ (where they answer that question clearly and unambiguously) or experienced a reading comprehension EPIC FAIL.
And congratulations unto the Steves, for theirs is at least an amusing strategem. Lo, they are legion sufficient unto the 95% confidence level...
The MadPanda, FCD
noted scholar is either a deep-cover Poe or an iconoclast to the point of nutdom. I have not invested the time to try to figure out which.
Where do lady Steve's go to publicly subscribe to rationalism?
(not to NS's website - jeez there's some crap on there!)
The "Steve" list includes Stephanies and other "lady Steves."
Fucking apostrophe's. Talk about vestigial characteristics - or is it punctuated equilibrium?
Dear "noted" "scholar"
And maybe you can stop making shit up. You can get the information from a link that's already been posted in this thread, but here it is again:
http://ncseweb.org/taking-action/project-steve-faq
"Steve" was chosen to honour the late Stephen Jay Gould - nothing more, nothing less.
It's interesting that even through this is limited only to people who are called Steve (or Stephan, or Stephanie, or other names of similar origin - in total a tiny percentage of the population) we still get many more signatures than similar creationist efforts, even though they're open to anyone they can get to sign them.
This milestone makes me feel more honored than ever to be one of the Steves (and probably the least distinguished. ;) )
Ol Froth, maybe the your Web browser is confusing it with that other well-known site, "1,000 Dicks."
And of course a "raycomfort" is a measurement relating to a googolplex of stupid.
One of the important things to note is that about two-thirds of the Steve/scientists on the list are actually biologists. There are very few biologists on the infamous creationist's list of 'scientists who doubt evolution' but quite a few engineers, doctors etc who may not be particularly qualified to pass public judgement on the veracity of evolution.
@10-12; nah, you're talking about a kibisteve. A kilobyte is technically 1000 bytes, you're talking about kibibytes. Whoo, binary notation ...
The next project should be to find a kilosven. I wonder if we can include Chicago's very own Sven?
The Taiwanese commonly change their self-selected English names as a matter of whim.
I could generate a kilosteve by tomorrow evening using only three family names.
Not all Steves (nor all bits) are created equal.
Yay!
Now I will be singing that damn song all night. Fantastic news. This has tickled me pink since I first heard of it 2 years back.
Or the most brilliant parodist in the history of the internet. We really can't rule that out. He always seems to be too well read to actually be so stupid.
Bah! Let me know when you have a KiloDave, then you will truly have something...
Anthony K @ 21:
What's the unit of disingenuous misinformation - a "Ham"?
Yes, but in most cases, you'll be using millihams or even microhams.
Nick nick bobick @ 50:
And of course a "raycomfort" is a measurement relating to a googolplex of stupid.
Nano- is the most practical prefix for that in ordinary cases.
That may well be so, but you can't become a member of the G.O.D.D.S. either, muahah.
There isn't a category in by brain for Groups of Davids Doing Sstematics.
It's not evolved yet.