Comments on: Derbyshire on Expelled

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 04:16:08 +0000

Disagree with him as much as I do, there is no one more entertaining to read than the Great Curmudgeon. Whatever else you might think of his positions, it’s tough to deny that he is:
A. Honest; and
B. Amusing
One thing, though, for Neodarwin: I’m not sure that I’d call the Derb a libertarian (if I did, then I couldn’t call myself one). A paleocon, to be sure, but not a libertarian. Not that that makes him any less worth reading.

By: Neodarwin

Neodarwin — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:43:55 +0000

Atheist libertarians are underrated. We don’t even believe in the religion of leftist economics.

By: Bostondreams

Bostondreams — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:00:34 +0000

Ugh. As someone who failed Math for Liberal Arts majors twice (don’t ask), why would anyone be PROUD of inventing algebra? You know, a I tell my history students, Dante put the inventors of geometry and algebra in hell for a reason! :)

Anyway, say what you will about Derb, and you can say alot, he has always been quite harsh on Chrsitianists and the anti-evolution folks.

By: Kyle E. Moore

Kyle E. Moore — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:48:05 +0000

You know, that was the first thing to jump to my mind; the Arabs who, in case some folks forgot, also invented ALGEBRA. I know, I know, it’s a math, not a science, but still, you get where I’m going with this.

By: Dynamic

Dynamic — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:27:33 +0000

I agree that it’s nice to see, but he starts out with a baldfaced (and racist) lie - if any one civilization can lay claim to the origin of the scientific method, it is the Arabs. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Haytham

But you’re right, I’m sick to death of the whole “Expelled” mindset and it’s nice to see some rationality from the other side.