Original: Man as Old as Coal?. Revised: Man Dumb as Rocks?
The young-earth creationists are incompetents who have no clue how to think logically and scientifically.
Don't mix cranks like Conrad up with genuine scientists like William Demnski and Michael Behe, whose "Intelligent Design" movement deserves serious response. This thread, on the other hand, would be a waste of bandwidth except for the fun to be had from its wackiness.