{"id":3756,"date":"2008-04-23T12:33:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T12:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/04\/defining-stupidity-and-combatting-ignorance-video-and-widget-highlights\/"},"modified":"2008-04-23T12:33:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-23T12:33:00","slug":"defining-stupidity-and-combatting-ignorance-video-and-widget-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/04\/defining-stupidity-and-combatting-ignorance-video-and-widget-highlights.html","title":{"rendered":"Defining Stupidity and Combatting Ignorance: Video and Widget Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/sandwalk.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/why-do-people-laugh-at-creationists.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sandwalk<\/a> points out a YouTube <a href=\"http:\/\/mikesweeklyskepticrant.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/ben-stein-gets-as-kids-say-pwned.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">video<\/a> with Ben Stein making statements about science that are not even wrong, they are wrong-headed.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<\/p><p>What\u2019s the appropriate way to characterize such nonsense? On the one hand, I once held young-earth creationist views, and I would like to believe that it wasn\u2019t the case that I was <a href=\"http:\/\/exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/post-mostly-about-non-stupid.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">simply stupid<\/a>. But I <i>was<\/i> <a href=\"http:\/\/post-darwinist.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/will-expelled-film-turn-out-like-bella.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">stupid<\/a> to spout nonsense about a subject I knew too little about.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Encyclopedia Brittanica\u2019s offer will help. They are <a href=\"http:\/\/evilutionarybiologist.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/encyclopeida-britannica-free-for.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">offering free access to bloggers<\/a>. Maybe that will add intelligence to the blogosphere\u2026if we use it.<\/p>\n<p>The question of <em>reason<\/em> is featured on a recent <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/framing-science\/2008\/04\/video_of_susan_jacoby_on_the_c.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Colbert Report<\/a>, featuring Susan Jacoby. It focuses on popular sentiments about religion combined with ignorance. Highlights include the elitism of knowing more than others do\u2026<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<p>If you still haven\u2019t had enough videos with the above, then check out <a href=\"http:\/\/phdiva.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/hillary-and-history_23.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">this one about what Hilary Clinton needs to do to win the Democratic nomination<\/a>\u2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-2750385607498423990?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandwalk points out a YouTube video with Ben Stein making statements about science that are not even wrong, they are wrong-headed. What\u2019s the appropriate way to characterize such nonsense? On the one hand, I once held young-earth creationist views, and I would like to believe that it wasn\u2019t the case that I was simply stupid. 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