Re: Smithsonian cashes in it's credibility

Well, National Geographic had egg in its face when it announced the discovery of
a fossil showing another link in the evolution between dinosaurs or their
ancestors and birds, then found the fossil was a fake. I supposed it's the
Smith's turn. They'll learn to regret this decision.

--- Dave
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Pinprick holes in a colorless sky
Let inspired figures of light pass by
The Mighty Light of ten thousand suns
Challenges infinity, and is soon gone

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> Smithsonian to Screen a Movie That Makes a Case Against Evolution
>
> By John Schwartz
> New York Times
> Saturday, May 28, 2005
>
> Fossils at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum
> of Natural History have been used to prove the theory of
> evolution. Next month the museum will play host to a film
> intended to undercut evolution.
>
> The Discovery Institute, a group in Seattle that supports
> an alternative theory, "intelligent design," is
> announcing on its Web site that it and the director of
> the museum "are happy to announce the national premiere
> and private evening reception" on June 23 for the movie,
> "The Privileged Planet: The Search for Purpose in the
> Universe."
>
> The film is a documentary based on a 2004 book by
> Guillermo Gonzalez, an assistant professor of astronomy
> at Iowa State University, and Jay W. Richards, a vice
> president of the Discovery Institute ....
>
> [...]
>
> The museum, he said, offers its Baird Auditorium to many
> organizations and corporations in return for
> contributions - in the case of the Discovery Institute,
> $16,000.
>
> [...]
>
> Evolution has become a major battleground in the culture
> wars, with bitter debates in legislatures and school
> boards, national parks and museums. Although Charles
> Darwin's theory is widely viewed as having been proved by
> fossil records and modern biological phenomena, it is
> challenged by those who say that it is flawed and that
> alternatives need to be taught.
>
> When asked whether the announcement on the Discovery
> Institute's Web site meant to imply that the museum
> supports the film and the event, Mr. Chapman replied:
>
> "We are not implying in any sense that they endorsed the
> content, but they are co-sponsoring it, and we are
> delighted. We're not claiming anything more than that.
> They certainly didn't say, 'We're really warming up to
> intelligent design, and therefore we're going to sponsor
> this.' "
>


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