daily Godwin

Note to Ben Stein: When the Corner isn't in your corner, give it up.

Stein: When we just saw that man, I think it was Mr. Myers [i.e. biologist P.Z. Myers], talking about how great scientists were, I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them what to do they were telling them to go to the showers to get gassed … that was horrifying beyond words, and that’s where science — in my opinion, this is just an opinion — that’s where science leads you.

Crouch: That’s right.

Stein: …Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place, and science leads you to killing people.

Crouch: Good word, good word.

You can see the whole shameful thing here. It's a pity Crouch didn't invite the Rev. Jeremiah Wright into the studio for a three-way conversation. It would have elevated the tone.

Hee.

Expelled!

Not recorded much of this controversy (or much of anything recently at the end of this semester), but this link from Richard Dawkins (courtesy PZ Myers' "Appropriate Responses to Expelled") shoots down in perfect form the supposed connection between Nazis and Darwin. Which, Nazis being one of my things, would be handy to have around for future needs.

Though in a way, all one might have to say on the subject is that in all of Mein Kampf.... Hitler never mentioned Darwin. Some influence.

in the beginning, there was labor...

Also from Digby (in Update 2 to this post), the Engels article "The Party Played by Labor in the Transition from Ape to Man", 1876. (available at Marxists.org, here)

Good for use either in early man section 1st semester, or in labor unit in 2nd semester.