A Parody of Wingnut Emails

Eh, there is another parody of the original version that is funnier and refutes the bad logic of it at the same time. It takes the form of a *continuation* of the first exchange between the professor and the student, but the professor comes out on top:

http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Think-Creationism-Should-Be-Taught-In-All-Schools/374001

“The professor, amused at the student’s antics, asks the student whether he’s ever read anything about science.

“No,” says the student. “I only know what I’ve heard in church.”

“That explains your ignorance about what science is, young man,” says the professor. “Empirical knowledge of something does not always entail direct observation. We can observe the effects of something and know that it must exist. Electrons have not been observed, but they can create an observable trail that can be observed, so we can know they exist.”

“Oh,” said the Christian.

(More at the link)

Brian

A very plausible letter, but something just doesn’t add up:

p.p.s. That ex-SEAL was EINSTEIN.

Albert Einstein died in April 1955, and the Navy SEALs were founded in 1961, so Einstein could not have been a SEAL, let alone an ex-SEAL. It seems more likely that Einstein was a member of one of the progenitor units which preceded the SEALs, such as the Underwater Demolition Teams, or the Naval Combat Demolition Units.

cjtotalbro,

If you were referring to #3, I think you might need to adjust your sarcasm meter. 😛

MAD Magazine had a really good parody of this sort back in the 70s, called “Silent Majority”, a spoof of the underground liberal rags that were going around back then. It could easily be about the Tea Baggers.