Oops! Apparently we in the science community have been the victim of a prank by the Discovery Institute. Since I just wrote another post on Egnor, I feel particularly embarrassed at being so easily duped. Kudos to the Discovery Institute for displaying such a fine sense of humor your portrayal of a unthinking, anti-intellectual creationist was a masterpiece. How did you do it?
Filed under: Intelligent Design
carefully check URL of DI confession of April Fools joke
you will soon realize that this was not a DI joke but a joke on the DI
great!
Well, assuming the “it was just street theatre” is not the practical joke, on what basis does he actually think people should have realised
haha
I just notice the “check the URL comment” so I did. At least I didn’t totally fall for it and had my doubts.
Heh. Egnore is far more believable as a joke, which is pretty funny.
You don’t have to go to all that trouble. Look carefully at the banner, too – and the footer text. Hint: what are they committed to, what’s their name, and what is Vitruvian Man wearing?