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Oct. 24th, 2005
the intelligent design of thunder
Oct. 24th, 2005 05:40 pm(from an SCA mailing list)
from PlanetMoron.typepad.com October 19, 2005
Professor Michael J. Behe argued yesterday in a Pennsylvania courtroom that the phenomenon of thunder is far too complex to be explained away by unsubstantiated theories involving low pressure areas and ionic discharges and as such strongly suggests that other explanations, perhaps involving a "thunder god" of some kind, should be made part of the curricula in our public schools.
Biologist Kenneth R. Miller of Brown University had argued in earlier court testimony that such systems are easily explainable using the scientific method and that the circumstances giving rise to thunder are really quite ordinary. He had planned to continue his testimony later this week but was stoned to death for being "witchbreed" while catching a quick lunch at Applebee's.
The issue arose when the school board in Dover, Pennsylvania issued a requirement that science teachers begin presenting material regarding intelligent design that casts doubt on the theory of thunder as it has been taught in classrooms for generations.
"If they can't fully explain the origin of the leader pre-discharge or the resulting implosion of the plasma column," lamented one Dover parent, "then they have a responsibility to let the kids know that.
"They call it the 'theory' of thunder for a reason you know."
Opponents of intelligent design see ulterior motives. Noted one sociologist who wished to remain anonymous as he was still cleaning lamb's blood off his door, "It's a backdoor attempt to get the teaching of Norse mythology into our public schools."
Adherents reject such criticism. "All we want to do is see to it that our children are getting the whole story and not just the secular Odin-rejecting humanist side," said one Dover PTA member. "Sure, maybe thunder is a byproduct of the rapid ionization and expansion of air, or maybe it's the result of mystical emanations from Thor's mighty hammer, Mjolnir. Who's really to say?"
Meanwhile, similar efforts are underway in Kansas to bring into question whether proton-proton fusion is capable of overcoming the Coulomb force in the interior of the sun without the intervention of an intelligent agent of some kind.
"Where do people think the permeability of a vacuum and the electrostatic force vector come from?" said one oracle mystic/political activist.
"We just think it's time to bring Apollo back in the classroom where he belongs."
from PlanetMoron.typepad.com October 19, 2005
Professor Michael J. Behe argued yesterday in a Pennsylvania courtroom that the phenomenon of thunder is far too complex to be explained away by unsubstantiated theories involving low pressure areas and ionic discharges and as such strongly suggests that other explanations, perhaps involving a "thunder god" of some kind, should be made part of the curricula in our public schools.
Biologist Kenneth R. Miller of Brown University had argued in earlier court testimony that such systems are easily explainable using the scientific method and that the circumstances giving rise to thunder are really quite ordinary. He had planned to continue his testimony later this week but was stoned to death for being "witchbreed" while catching a quick lunch at Applebee's.
The issue arose when the school board in Dover, Pennsylvania issued a requirement that science teachers begin presenting material regarding intelligent design that casts doubt on the theory of thunder as it has been taught in classrooms for generations.
"If they can't fully explain the origin of the leader pre-discharge or the resulting implosion of the plasma column," lamented one Dover parent, "then they have a responsibility to let the kids know that.
"They call it the 'theory' of thunder for a reason you know."
Opponents of intelligent design see ulterior motives. Noted one sociologist who wished to remain anonymous as he was still cleaning lamb's blood off his door, "It's a backdoor attempt to get the teaching of Norse mythology into our public schools."
Adherents reject such criticism. "All we want to do is see to it that our children are getting the whole story and not just the secular Odin-rejecting humanist side," said one Dover PTA member. "Sure, maybe thunder is a byproduct of the rapid ionization and expansion of air, or maybe it's the result of mystical emanations from Thor's mighty hammer, Mjolnir. Who's really to say?"
Meanwhile, similar efforts are underway in Kansas to bring into question whether proton-proton fusion is capable of overcoming the Coulomb force in the interior of the sun without the intervention of an intelligent agent of some kind.
"Where do people think the permeability of a vacuum and the electrostatic force vector come from?" said one oracle mystic/political activist.
"We just think it's time to bring Apollo back in the classroom where he belongs."
