[dartuser]

Are these writers stupid, or do they assume their audience is?

Jeffrey Tomkins, Ph.D. in Genetics from Clemson University.

"Twenty quatloos that the newcomer, within 5 posts, will claim Tomkins is not a real scientist."

[MrB]

Oh, yes, that’s another logic fallacy, called the “no true Scotsman” fallacy.

“No real scientist denies evolution”.

So, of course he’s not a “real scientist”, if your definition includes a requirement for a belief system.

[allmendream]

Well good for him. He is either stupid or he is convinced his likely audience is.

The less educated someone is the more likely it is that they are a creationist. It seems that creationist sources are aware of this and write to the appropriate education level of their audience.