Leslie Newell Peacock of the Arkansas Times does a nice job here explaining the decision of federal and state agencies to close caves under their jurisdiction. The caves contain bats that may be susceptible to white-nose syndrome, a fungus that kills bats. The fungus is thought to have been introduced from Europe or Africa by human visitors. Note at the end of the article a quote from the owner of a commercial tourist cave who is "skeptical" that the fungus is killing bats. Does that sound familiar? If you don't like the science, just declare yourself a skeptic! White-nose syndrome, anthropogenic global warming, evolution--all junk science, invented by those pesky scientists to make life difficult!
Sunday, March 28, 2010
A Little White-nosed Lie
Leslie Newell Peacock of the Arkansas Times does a nice job here explaining the decision of federal and state agencies to close caves under their jurisdiction. The caves contain bats that may be susceptible to white-nose syndrome, a fungus that kills bats. The fungus is thought to have been introduced from Europe or Africa by human visitors. Note at the end of the article a quote from the owner of a commercial tourist cave who is "skeptical" that the fungus is killing bats. Does that sound familiar? If you don't like the science, just declare yourself a skeptic! White-nose syndrome, anthropogenic global warming, evolution--all junk science, invented by those pesky scientists to make life difficult!
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of course, the fact that this "skeptic" owns a cave and makes money off tours of it has NOTHING to do with his skepticism, right?
Right, Twif. Just like it's a coincidence that global warming deniers almost always turn out to be oil company employees.
I don't know, it's a well known fact that political and economic proofs and judgements matter just as much as scientific ones.
I like words with k's in them ... so you can call me a skeptic too.
Not that I'm skeptical about White-Nose Fungus, or Global Warming, or Obama's Birth Certificate. Oddly enough I have no problem with those things.
I am skeptical about other things ... and being that I'm also a Procrastinator at heart I will get around to listing all those things I'm skeptical about later...
Come to think of it, I think it's possible that Obama has white-nose fungus. If only he had an immunization certificate....
"Just like it's a coincidence that global warming deniers almost always turn out to be oil company employees."
That is wildly innacurate -- many of them are executives with coal companies!
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