Comments on: Loch Ness Monster disproves evolution http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 17:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: AnthonyC http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1460997 AnthonyC Thu, 28 Jun 2012 02:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1460997  Also, crocodiles  Also, crocodiles

]]> By: Jennifer Bridgens http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1460768 Jennifer Bridgens Wed, 27 Jun 2012 21:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1460768  Don't you know that .edu references can't be trusted?!  They're all liberal witches and warlocks!  And wikipedia is just run by a bunch of socialists.  So much for your "evidence."  :-P  Don’t you know that .edu references can’t be trusted?!  They’re all liberal witches and warlocks!  And wikipedia is just run by a bunch of socialists.  So much for your “evidence.”  :-P

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1459701 Antinous / Moderator Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1459701 On the other hand, do have lunch at the Wheel Inn. They serve buttermilk. On the other hand, do have lunch at the Wheel Inn. They serve buttermilk.

]]> By: penguinchris http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1459689 penguinchris Wed, 27 Jun 2012 01:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1459689 If you like dinosaurs and get aggravated/enraged by creationists and their ilk, DO NOT go in the gift shop inside the gigantic concrete brontosaurus in Cabazon, CA. They just opened some sort of creationist dinosaur amusement park there too. From what I can tell, the guy who made the concrete dinosaurs was not a creationist or anything, he just liked dinosaurs and wanted a roadside attraction. If I'm remembering correctly, it was after he died that the creationists bought the place. I should note that I bought a $2 poster from their clearance bin that shows the statues come to life and terrorizing the freeway, with a snappy creationism/intelligent design motto on it, to put up as a joke when I'm at a university again getting a geology PhD :) If you like dinosaurs and get aggravated/enraged by creationists and their ilk, DO NOT go in the gift shop inside the gigantic concrete brontosaurus in Cabazon, CA. They just opened some sort of creationist dinosaur amusement park there too.

From what I can tell, the guy who made the concrete dinosaurs was not a creationist or anything, he just liked dinosaurs and wanted a roadside attraction. If I’m remembering correctly, it was after he died that the creationists bought the place.

I should note that I bought a $2 poster from their clearance bin that shows the statues come to life and terrorizing the freeway, with a snappy creationism/intelligent design motto on it, to put up as a joke when I’m at a university again getting a geology PhD :)

]]> By: phuzz http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458806 phuzz Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:37:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458806  It's an elephant, swimming. Ok, that's just a theory, but it definitely *looks* like an elephant swimming, and around the time this photo was supposed to have been taken, there was a circus, with two elephants, camping by the shores of the loch.  It’s an elephant, swimming.
Ok, that’s just a theory, but it definitely *looks* like an elephant swimming, and around the time this photo was supposed to have been taken, there was a circus, with two elephants, camping by the shores of the loch.

]]> By: Beanolini http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458795 Beanolini Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458795 Not to mention coelacanths, horseshoe crabs, tuataras, hagfish, cycads, horsetails... <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_fossil" rel="nofollow">I could go on</a>. Not to mention coelacanths, horseshoe crabs, tuataras, hagfish, cycads, horsetails… I could go on.

]]> By: CH http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458767 CH Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458767 Oooh, you are right! And that also proves the existence of dragons!!!! Please tell me there was some saint doing something with unicorns. I want unicorns, too!!! Edit: Yes!!! Lots of Christian unicorns here: http://www.unicornlady.net/christianity/christianity.html#The Biblical Unicorn Oooh, you are right! And that also proves the existence of dragons!!!! Please tell me there was some saint doing something with unicorns. I want unicorns, too!!!

Edit: Yes!!! Lots of Christian unicorns here: http://www.unicornlady.net/christianity/christianity.html#The Biblical Unicorn

]]> By: Kimmo http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458761 Kimmo Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458761 <b>/headdesk /headdesk /headdesk /headdesk /headdesk /headdesk /headdesk /headdesk /headdesk /headdesk /headdesk /headdesk /headdesk /headdesk /headdesk</b> /headdesk
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]]> By: CognitiveDissident http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458726 CognitiveDissident Tue, 26 Jun 2012 05:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458726 The line to "Dark Ages Fun O'Rama" forms to the far right. The waiting time is 0 minutes. No, you don't have any choice, you have to go along for the ride. Be sure to enjoy the ride, you will be punished (in one way or another) if you don't. The line to “Dark Ages Fun O’Rama” forms to the far right. The waiting time is 0 minutes. No, you don’t have any choice, you have to go along for the ride. Be sure to enjoy the ride, you will be punished (in one way or another) if you don’t.

]]> By: CognitiveDissident http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458722 CognitiveDissident Tue, 26 Jun 2012 04:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458722 Please delete this. Please delete this.

]]> By: Andrew Singleton http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458699 Andrew Singleton Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458699 You know guys... I'm not saying it's aliens buuuuuut. You know guys…

I’m not saying it’s aliens buuuuuut.

]]> By: Andrew Singleton http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458696 Andrew Singleton Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458696 Eh the Chupacabre/Jackalope tag team is the obligitory third leg of the triad of terror match-up. We're saving the official announcement til people start getting bored with the idea of Bigfoot Vs Jesus. Eh the Chupacabre/Jackalope tag team is the obligitory third leg of the triad of terror match-up. We’re saving the official announcement til people start getting bored with the idea of Bigfoot Vs Jesus.

]]> By: freejack http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458589 freejack Tue, 26 Jun 2012 01:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458589 Surely the chupacabra would have to be involved in some way.  Maybe he can be the ref? Surely the chupacabra would have to be involved in some way.  Maybe he can be the ref?

]]> By: Niklas Nyström http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458563 Niklas Nyström Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458563 Monsters are interesting! So far, no one has ever seen one. But everyone would be able to recognize one if they saw it. In an instant: there it is! But to be honest; an alligator taken out of its ordinary context would probably count as a monster. My suggestion is therefore to catch an alligator or a huge nile-crocodile, put it in Loch Ness and simply wait for the results. Monsters are interesting! So far, no one has ever seen one. But everyone would be able to recognize one if they saw it. In an instant: there it is! But to be honest; an alligator taken out of its ordinary context would probably count as a monster. My suggestion is therefore to catch an alligator or a huge nile-crocodile, put it in Loch Ness and simply wait for the results.

]]> By: TimRowledge http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458560 TimRowledge Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458560 And that -assuming it is even true, which would be unusual for a Darwin related claim coming from a god-booster - has what relevance to modern understandings of evolution? Unlike religions, science has this thing called 'progress' as an important aspect. Darwin could be wrong in pretty much any aspect in those original writings and it wouldn't have a damn of impact on the Modern Synthesis. The only real importance would be historic. And thinking of historical stuff, in Victorian England -as in much of Europe for a thousand years or more of church hegemony - it would be real difficult to not be considered christian. It was simply the default, assumed, position. Happily some of us have a better grip on reality these days. And that -assuming it is even true, which would be unusual for a Darwin related claim coming from a god-booster – has what relevance to modern understandings of evolution? Unlike religions, science has this thing called ‘progress’ as an important aspect. Darwin could be wrong in pretty much any aspect in those original writings and it wouldn’t have a damn of impact on the Modern Synthesis. The only real importance would be historic. And thinking of historical stuff, in Victorian England -as in much of Europe for a thousand years or more of church hegemony – it would be real difficult to not be considered christian. It was simply the default, assumed, position. Happily some of us have a better grip on reality these days.

]]> By: John Vance http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458551 John Vance Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458551 For Protestants, they sure do seem keen on undoing the Reformation... For Protestants, they sure do seem keen on undoing the Reformation…

]]> By: John Vance http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458547 John Vance Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:20:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458547 Do you now vacuum the turf at SkyDome? Do you now vacuum the turf at SkyDome?

]]> By: Niklas Nyström http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458544 Niklas Nyström Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458544 I've sailed the Loch Ness in its whole lenght. It's truly as beautiful as it is world famous. But its size doesn't compare to its fame... Small and narrow. The probability for a HUGE sea monster to thrive, breed and feed there and still remain unseen is... well... not very high. But using known fake photos of this elusive fantasy-monster in order to deny evolution and genetics is hilarious! You could say these people are dangerous fanatics and what not... but I think that the world would be a lesser place without them. Stupidity at this level is highly entertaining! And it also makes the really dangerous ones look stupid... I sure hope this isn't just an urban legend. /Niklas Nyström, Sweden I’ve sailed the Loch Ness in its whole lenght. It’s truly as beautiful as it is world famous. But its size doesn’t compare to its fame… Small and narrow. The probability for a HUGE sea monster to thrive, breed and feed there and still remain unseen is… well… not very high. But using known fake photos of this elusive fantasy-monster in order to deny evolution and genetics is hilarious! You could say these people are dangerous fanatics and what not… but I think that the world would be a lesser place without them. Stupidity at this level is highly entertaining! And it also makes the really dangerous ones look stupid… I sure hope this isn’t just an urban legend.
/Niklas Nyström, Sweden

]]> By: Jesse in Japan http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458512 Jesse in Japan Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458512 What kind of horrible textbook is this? They clearly need to put commas around the aside, "for short." What kind of horrible textbook is this? They clearly need to put commas around the aside, “for short.”

]]> By: DewiMorgan http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458511 DewiMorgan Mon, 25 Jun 2012 23:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458511 The absence or otherwise of extant dinosaurs is completely and utterly unrelated to whether the theory of evolution is true or false. That's why it's FUNNY. The absence or otherwise of extant dinosaurs is completely and utterly unrelated to whether the theory of evolution is true or false.

That’s why it’s FUNNY.

]]> By: JProffitt71 http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458493 JProffitt71 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458493 Also, I believe this should be a boingboing post if absolutely true. That is outrageous. Also, I believe this should be a boingboing post if absolutely true. That is outrageous.

]]> By: JProffitt71 http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458492 JProffitt71 Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458492 And cancer is just the devil telling you not to touch yourself. And cancer is just the devil telling you not to touch yourself.

]]> By: Charles Gilliland http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458472 Charles Gilliland Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458472 I attended Desert Christian Baptist school in Lancaster, CA from 3rd to 8th grade. We spent more time learning about Creationism in seminars given by church elders and "guest speakers" than we ever spent learning about the scientific theory, basic biology and other lessons typically taught at those ages. Far more time was spent learning why evolution is wrong, than learning what supports it.  This is likely typical of religious schools, but this article reminded me of one particular, related seminar we attended.  It was a slide show narrated by a guest speaker who was "washing the scales from our eyes" and giving us evidence that not only are scientists wrong, but look(!) there are still dinosaurs on this earth! A slide showed a Japanese fishing barge that had pulled in a large desiccated corpse from the ocean. We were told that this was a sea animal of mysterious origin and quite possibly a dinosaur(!!) The speaker told us that not only were scientists wrong about evolution, they couldn't even keep their lies straight(!!!).  You tell an auditorium full of kids between the ages of 6 and 14 that dinosaurs are real and that evil scientists are keeping them from us, and you'll end up with an auditorium full of instant allies for the cause.  I attended Desert Christian Baptist school in Lancaster, CA from 3rd to 8th grade. We spent more time learning about Creationism in seminars given by church elders and “guest speakers” than we ever spent learning about the scientific theory, basic biology and other lessons typically taught at those ages. Far more time was spent learning why evolution is wrong, than learning what supports it.

 This is likely typical of religious schools, but this article reminded me of one particular, related seminar we attended. 

It was a slide show narrated by a guest speaker who was “washing the scales from our eyes” and giving us evidence that not only are scientists wrong, but look(!) there are still dinosaurs on this earth! A slide showed a Japanese fishing barge that had pulled in a large desiccated corpse from the ocean. We were told that this was a sea animal of mysterious origin and quite possibly a dinosaur(!!) The speaker told us that not only were scientists wrong about evolution, they couldn’t even keep their lies straight(!!!). 

You tell an auditorium full of kids between the ages of 6 and 14 that dinosaurs are real and that evil scientists are keeping them from us, and you’ll end up with an auditorium full of instant allies for the cause. 

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458455 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458455 When you have to carry everything that you need and there's no running water, that seems bizarre. When you have to carry everything that you need and there’s no running water, that seems bizarre.

]]> By: mesocosm http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458425 mesocosm Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458425  Darwin referred to God as "the Creator" in Origin of Species - see, for example, the book's final paragraph.  Darwin referred to God as “the Creator” in Origin of Species – see, for example, the book’s final paragraph.

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458412 Paul Renault Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458412  Never heard of a pee bottles, eh? http://www.amazon.com/Do-All-Outdoors-Pee-Bottle/dp/B004MXD18Y or if you're from Dartmouth, NS, you might call 'em piss jugs... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45rIRGX-ZJY  Never heard of a pee bottles, eh?
http://www.amazon.com/Do-All-Outdoors-Pee-Bottle/dp/B004MXD18Y

or if you’re from Dartmouth, NS, you might call ‘em piss jugs…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45rIRGX-ZJY

]]> By: Thad Boyd http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458391 Thad Boyd Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458391  I like it.  It sounds like "fallacy". (Or, well, phallus, as in, what a bunch of dicks.)  I like it.  It sounds like “fallacy”.

(Or, well, phallus, as in, what a bunch of dicks.)

]]> By: B E Pratt http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458381 B E Pratt Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458381  Wow! So MTV actually has something watchable? Who'da thunk?  Wow! So MTV actually has something watchable? Who’da thunk?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458362 Antinous / Moderator Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458362 Did Nessie used to live on Iona? Did Nessie used to live on Iona?

]]> By: Ah El http://boingboing.net/2012/06/25/loch-ness-monster-disproves-ev.html#comment-1458350 Ah El Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=167567#comment-1458350 Evolution *IS* real. I know that because The Lord told me so. Evolution *IS* real. I know that because The Lord told me so.

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