New Fossil Hype Fits Old Pattern

ICR ^ | May 27, 2009 | Brian Thomas, M.S.

[GodGunsGuts]

New Fossil Hype Fits Old Pattern

by Brian Thomas, M.S.*

Even evolutionary paleontologists are largely convinced that the media’s recent promotion of a new “missing link” is a monumental overstatement. There is little doubt that the hype surrounding the fossilized lemur “Ida” is primarily bluff and bluster.1 But her media campaign may actually be a more significant story than the fossil itself. Why is the publicity about Ida such a radical mismatch with the data?...

[GodGunsGuts]

Ping!

[americanophile]

THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[FormerRep]

P.T. Barnum was a hype-master supreme engaging the public curiousity with bombastic statements about the “freaks” in his attractions. Follow the money and you’ll find an understudied over-hyped fossil and wonder how they got you to look in the first place.

[HerrBlucher]

Reminds me of a story my father told me, about going to a carnival and visiting a tent that advertised “See a swimming match”, only to find a match in a bowl of water.

[ontap]

This is the science of evolution. Evolution is a perfectly reasonable theory but evolutionist insist on putting it forth as fact which it certainly is not. FReepers who spend hours criticizing global warming have no problem advancing evolution which is built on the same dogma and high handed science by committee.

[Arrowhead1952]

HT picture in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1,.....

[April Lexington]

It is CRITICALLY important to the Left, after gloming onto Darwin's theory (which, in fact Darwin himself had grave doubts about), that humans decent from monkeys. To believe otherwise is to believe we are created beings and that means G-d exists and THAT means the unbelievers are in deep doo doo. They need to be god, not yield ego to some guy up in the clouds who didn't deliver on the bike they wanted as a kid (or, was that Santa?)...

Its like women who have abortions. The VAST majority of them are rabidly pro choice because to be otherwise would mean you'd have to face the brutal fact that you legally murdered your own child.

Leftism is a mental illness and the crazies have taken over the country...

[valkyry1]

Here are a few quotes ‘scientists’ are making about the lemur skeleton

“This specimen is like finding the Lost Ark for archeologists,” lead scientist Jorn Hurum said at a ceremony at the American Museum of Natural History.

“It is the scientific equivalent of the Holy Grail. This fossil will probably be the one that will be pictured in all textbooks for the next 100 years.”

[count-your-change]

Did you see the part in “Link” where the fossil was blended with a picture of Hurum’s daughter? About as subtle as a house fire.

[goodusername]

“Here are a few quotes ‘scientists’ are making about the lemur skeleton”

Lemur? I thought it was a monkey?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256937/posts

No wait, you were right, a lemur:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256335/posts

Oops, I meant to say monkey:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256998/posts

Did I say monkey? Meant to say lemur:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254732/posts

MONKEY!!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2253963/posts

LEMUR!!!!!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254719/posts

Bah, let’s just go with lemur-monkey:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254888/posts

Well... at least we can all agree it’s not an intermediate. :-)