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Lenski Meets the Naked Scientists

by: boadicea

Fri Jul 04, 2008 at 10:04:35 AM CDT

Image Hosted by ImageShack.usRemember Dr. Richard Lenski, who delivered such a righteous smackdown recently to Conservapedia crank Andrew Schlafly?

You can hear him talk about the e coli evolution that has conservapedia hysteria reaching such a fever pitch on one of my favorite science podcasts, The Naked Scientists.

The interview with Dr. Lenski starts at about 19:30 in the full podcast, but you can hear just the interview at The Naked Scientists website.

Dr. Lenski mentioned one of his reasons for addressing Schlafly head on was his mission as an educator, and in the interview his ability to explain evolution for a lay audience-including children-is certainly a strong characteristic.  

Listen with your little scientists, or  listen for the pure joy of hearing the phrase "evolved bacteria kick butt".

Poetry, I tell ya, poetry...

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Conservapedia Ignoramus Schlafly Schooled by Evolutionary Biologist

by: boadicea

Mon Jun 30, 2008 at 11:05:29 AM CDT

With a doffing of the cap to dmsilev at Daily Kos for this wonderful find.

Andrew Schlafly of Conservapedia didn't like the results of a scientific paper (that he admitted he hadn't read), so he decided to demand the original data from the paper's author, Richard Lenski.

Dr. Lenski's response is so tempered, educational, and elegant, that I recommend reading the whole exchange (archived at Bad Science to guard against the inexplicable phenomena of disappearing entries that show conservative mouthpieces in their true light).

I've excerpted a couple of my favorite bits on the flip, though.

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