re: #579 freetoken

One philosophical connection between the creationists and the anti-AGW-science crowd: Both refuse to accept that Homo sapiens is an animal that has evolved during the recent glaciated climate of the Pleistocene and Holocene!

The creationists and the anti-AGW-science movements are philosophical brothers, which is one reason why so many of the same personalities are involved.

Absolutely — there are a lot of similarities between the two crowds. Another is that they both like to try to snow people into buying their hooey, with reams of scientific-sounding jargon.

And they both use quote mining as a tactic.

And they both compile lists of “scientists” who they say are on their side, that are often packed with ringers, fakes, and people who never signed on to their lists.

And they both like to make their opponents chase down endless citations for articles and papers that turn out to: 1) say the exact opposite of what they claim, or 2) don’t even relate to the subject under discussion, or 3) are written by kooks.

I could go on.