Things That Make My Brain Buzz

Just because we haven't talked about the strangeness of Creationism, and/or Intelligent Design, lately, doesn't mean it's gone away. No, you can rest assured it's all still out there working diligently to ensure that the children of this country will be totally unfit for the world of tomorrow. Oh, hell, go ahead and make that the world of today. I've run into this article several places now, and just thought I'd bring it up for general interest. And because I want everyone's brain to start humming at strange frequencies, buzzing noises and flashing lights interrupting your sleep, want all you Secret Squirrels suddenly sitting up in the middle of the night yelling: "What the (Cheney) is going ON?" In other words, I want company as I experience my psychotic break.

The article in question is "Group challenges science on 'biblically correct' tours," by Catherine Tsai, a Colorado-based AP reporter. It's a little fable about Biblically Correct Tours ushering a group of homeschooled children and their accompanying adults through the National Center of Atmospheric Research in Boulder, CO, dissing scientific facts about the exhibits as they fill the kids' eager ears with biblical accuracy. Tsai first wrote about this outfit last month; this piece, Touring the science museum, Bible in hand, gives more background on the group, its history and goals. PZ Myers, biologist and author of one of the blogosphere's finest science blogs, Pharyngula, discussed the B.C. Tours folks on Monday:

Basically, there is a group, Biblically Correct Tours, that is parasitizing museums, leeching money off people and leading them on tours through the museums while coughing up idiotic religious interpretations of their contents. It's not just lying about the age of the earth, either; it's accusing scientists of deep evil.

The post is very good, but the discussion ensuing in the comments is even more interesting. These scientific bloggers can really get into it. After you've read Meyers and company, or before, or at any rate - sometime - go take a gander at B.C. Tours very own website. They've evidently been too busy to update it with the 2006 info, but that's okay because where you really want to crawl around is the "Store." Check out the swell literature available there, preferably with an emesis basin close by your side. Let me know when the buzzing, flashing, and/or humming starts. I'll be glad to share my meds.