Laughing At Creationists

Thanks to blogger Tinyfrog* I now know about a series of short videos that go under the collective title "Why do People Laugh at Creationists?" Apparently they were written, produced, and presented by a YouTube user named Thunderf00t.

I am delighted to point them out because 1) they get across some terrific scientific ideas, at the same time that 2) they are very funny. If you ask me, what's more fun that science fun, especially when it can be had at the expense of self-important, self-delusional creationists?

Here are two examples, the first and (so far) last one in the series–I expect there will be more. They give a good flavor of what your typical "Why do People Laugh at Creationists?" video has on offer, so you'll want to do some self study if you find these appealing.

Part 1 sets the tone by looking at some ridiculous "scientific" statements that come out of the mouth of a very self-important creationist:



Part 17 is a brilliant essay on the success of science as the mother of technology, science as a dispassionate but brutal meritocracy, and science as the subject that should be taught in science classes:



All of Thunderf00t's (the "0" in "foot" is a zero, btw) videos are listed here. There are a number of other videos contributed by Thunderf00t that I haven't screened yet, but it looks like hours of good, clean, scientific fun.

Have fun and learn some real science!
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* Who thanks some others in his posting YouTube videos: Why do people laugh at creationists?

Posted on February 22, 2008 at 13.26 by jns · Permalink
In: All, It's Only Rocket Science, Laughing Matters

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  1. Written by S.W. Anderson
    on Friday, 22 February 2008 at 20.15
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    Maybe I came to this in the wrong frame of mind to enjoy the humor. Maybe I was put off by the fact that, as often happens
    with my 100 Mb/sec. DSL service, YouTube videos tend to arrive here in fits and starts, slowly. Alas, they're often less enjoyably viewable than one of those penny moving-picture machines of a century ago that employed photographs whose bottom was attached to a central drum that you turned with a hand crank while looking into a viewing scope.

    These videos come across to me as too much like setting up a straw man and knocking it down. They bring to mind that it wouldn't be hard to find some evolutionists who, having gotten that "right," go on to say some some wacky and absurd things they also believe.

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