[VadeRetro]

I start this thread early in the morning, then I come back 4 hours later and the thing has virtually exploded! It's gratifying to see so many folks who are interested in science.

You cannot have read that many of these posts yet. Or perhaps you omitted the "</sarcasm>."

[That Subliminal Kid]

VadeRetro is a perfect example of what I was speaking about. Here is someone whose IQ probably doesn't top 110, but who wishes so desperately to be regarded as an intellectual that he clings to the pant leg of those he regards as 'free thinkers'. Unfortunately, he never ads anything to these discussions. He just makes snide comments and slings ad homs around hoping against hope that someone somewhere will view him in the same light as the few genuinely rational people on these threads. It's really kind of pathetic, and it would be sad if it weren't so damned funny.

[PatrickHenry]

Me: "It's gratifying to see so many folks who are interested in science."

You: You cannot have read that many of these posts yet. Or perhaps you omitted the "</sarcasm>."

I assumed you would know that tag was intended. I strongly suspect that Scientific American published this article as an aid to hapless school boards who are being beseiged by creationists (and so-called "Intelligent Design" advocates) so they could have a handy reference for use in the heated debates which are raging all over the place.