lone_pedestrian ([info]lone_pedestrian) wrote,
@ 2006-08-08 13:54:00
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Entry tags:culture, politics, science

Why I stopped owning a TV
Once again CSPAN Book TV makes me hit rock bottom with their 48 hours of non-fiction on the weekends. I watched an entire question and answer session with Ann Coulter. Why? Because apparently on lovely Sunday afternoons I want nothing more than to be irritated.

Some comments for Ann (which were mostly shouted at the TV already):

Fitness for the natural environment and your personal notions of efficiency are not equivalent.
Pure X-men style mutation is not as important to evolution as the level of genetic variation produced by sexual reproduction.
Biologists are scientists and they might actually know more about their chosen field of study than Ann Coulter does.(I know one, she kicks Ann's ass up and down the street)
Some things really just don't fossilize. (I know a geologist too, sucker)
In science you don't know the answer to every problem but you have a method for figuring it out eventually. Throwing up your hands and saying "God did it" will never answer any questions except possibly "How can we further guarantee the degradation of the American economy in the face of globalization?".
Just because the science says you are an animal, one that developed the use of tools and language, does not mean it dictates your behavior. So, Ann Coulter, you are free to stop acting like an ornery junkyard dog every time you are on MSNBC.
There is a response to your critique of science here so don't lie to your minions and say our positions are indefensible when there is a defense on a well known "leftwing nut" site.
"Darwiniacs" is really lame especially when Rush set the bar so high with "Feminazis"

This was not the worst CSPAN Book TV related moment in my life but it was certainly in the top five. The only thing more pathetic than watching CSPAN Book TV at 1am is recognizing the voice of one of your relatives calling into CSPAN Book TV.




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(Anonymous)
2006-08-08 10:22 pm UTC (link)
I am still trying to figure out why you were watching CSPAN Book TV in the first place.

RnR

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[info]lone_pedestrian
2006-08-08 11:21 pm UTC (link)
To a TV and politics junkie like myself, 48 hours of non-fiction book lectures is like a free crack give away.

However much like free crack it comes at a heavy price.

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(Anonymous)
2006-08-09 08:25 am UTC (link)
Especially when one recognizes the voice of said relative and realizes one's family's almost unmeasurable geekiness.

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