Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Intelligent Pastafarian Design
To discuss whether biology (which is based fundamentally on evolutionary theory) classes need to incorporate intelligent design seems to me like a well-designed insult to intelligence itself. Nonetheless, head over to Boing Boing for some thoughtful discussion on Pastafarianism, the new religion that worships the Flying Spaghetti Monster. In response to criticism that they might be trivializing the whole debate, the editors of BB have upped the ante and offered this challenge to the intelligent design cult:
A million dollars is a lot of money, so if you feel strongly enough about the newest cult on the block, you can submit your entries here.
UPDATE: Amit Varma points to PZ Myers's thorough fisk of the weirdest new addition to the anti-evolution club, Deepak Chopra.
We are willing to pay any individual*$250,000$1,000,000 if they can produce empirical evidence which proves that Jesus is not the son of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
A million dollars is a lot of money, so if you feel strongly enough about the newest cult on the block, you can submit your entries here.
UPDATE: Amit Varma points to PZ Myers's thorough fisk of the weirdest new addition to the anti-evolution club, Deepak Chopra.
