is the SGU burying its head in the sand?

[nudger1964]

PZ Myers doesn't like evolutionary psychology ergo Rebecca Watson doesn't like evolutionary psychology.

my impression is its more likely to be the other way around

 

[Metullus]

my impression is its more likely to be the other way around

That is the impressionIget as well. My overall impression is that her objections to EP come from the same place as do the arguments that Truthers make vis-a-vis the physics of the 9/11 building collapses... modify the facts to conform to the argument.

 

[s_pepys]

Have you considered posting this on the SGU Forums instead?

no. not really. i havnt ever posted on there, i think.

 

[ShadowSot]

no. not really. i havnt ever posted on there, i think.

Might be a better place for it, since it's somewhere it might actually be addressed. You could even email the hosts themselves.

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

Oh look, PZ circles the wagons.

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/12/03/oh-gob-evo-psych-again/

Nothing seems to awaken his ire quite like one of his chums being criticised.

Wow. The groupthink personality cult is strong in that entry.

 

[Praktik]

Well clearly, no true skeptic would hold such views on evo psych...

 

[KoihimeNakamura]

I like how the criticisms aren't, too.

 

[Graham2001]

Indeed, read these Ad Hom attacks by P Z Meyers...

Quote 1

I am so over Ben Radford. I thought he was obtuse before. Now I’m convinced that he’s simply an idiot.

&

Quote 2

Yeah, right. F*** the principle of charity. No charity for you, Radford.

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/02/22/i-am-so-over-the-skeptical-movement/

Does anyone know how to contact him, I wanted to comment to the post directly, but I suspect he would like Truthers, Birthers & Hookers (aka Sandy Hook Truthers) simply delete the comment or refuse to allow it to appear.

 

[Sideroxylon]

I used to read PZ occasionally but sort of tailed off over time. So, I clicked the link above to see what all the kerfuffle was about . . .

My god it is like some sort of old time religion over there. Everyone who even dares to question the grand wizard is banned. Wow.

Critical thinking has left the building!

Agree. Thought he wrote some good articles on evolution but things have really gone off the rails.

 

[LandR]

The whole idea of getting upset over someone wearing a certain t-shirt, especially one so innocuous as the one in that link, seems mental to me. To get upset to the point of tears...

Absolutely mental.

Do some people just go through life looking for things to be offended about ?

It must be exhausting.

 

[SonOfLaertes]

Agree. Thought he wrote some good articles on evolution but things have really gone off the rails.

Ditto. His blog was interesting for a while but I now find it tedious.

 

[dudalb]

Fact is a number of skeptics who earn a degree of fame let it go to their heads. And they are egged on by some of their fans, who consider them a infallible source of wisdom.

 

[IMST]

Indeed, read these Ad Hom attacks by P Z Meyers...

Quote 1

&

Quote 2


http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/02/22/i-am-so-over-the-skeptical-movement/

Does anyone know how to contact him, I wanted to comment to the post directly, but I suspect he would like Truthers, Birthers & Hookers (aka Sandy Hook Truthers) simply delete the comment or refuse to allow it to appear.

Did you check? PZ's comments are fairly notoriously free for all. I suspect you'd face a ton of disagreement, but I find it very unlikely you'd be deleted.

 

[The Central Scrutinizer]

PZ: Andy Warhol called. Your 15 minutes are up.

 

[Graham2001]

Did you check? PZ's comments are fairly notoriously free for all. I suspect you'd face a ton of disagreement, but I find it very unlikely you'd be deleted.

I'd rather send him a direct email... It will advise him to "Grow Up", I had intended to send him something a little less blunt, but after the "F*** the principle of charity" comment I find it hard to consider him to be acting as a mature adult in this matter.

 

[IMST]

I'd rather send him a direct email... It will advise him to "Grow Up", I had intended to send him something a little less blunt, but after the "F*** the principle of charity" comment I find it hard to consider him to be acting as a mature adult in this matter.

Then why the claim that you'd be deleted? I don't like persecution complexes. I'm pretty sure his email address is somewhere on the site, but I don't know what it is top of head.

 

[BenBurch]

Isn't he a member here? If so, just ask him.

 

[Foolmewunz]

Then why the claim that you'd be deleted? I don't like persecution complexes. I'm pretty sure his email address is somewhere on the site, but I don't know what it is top of head.

Isn't he a member here? If so, just ask him.

If this is him, he's a member since 2003.


http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/member.php?u=1265

I wouldn't read anything, telling as it may seem, into the below from his profile. "Friends" weren't available until one of the forum software updates after my arrival several years later.

Friends
pzmyers has not made any friends yet
Befriend pzmyers

 

[Praktik]

Hey we can't all be Vulcans... and besides, Star Trek is replete with examples of where humanity's weakness for emotive reasoning saved the whole ship... so....

 

[squealpiggy]

Indeed, read these Ad Hom attacks by P Z Meyers...

Quote 1

&

Quote 2


http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/02/22/i-am-so-over-the-skeptical-movement/

Does anyone know how to contact him, I wanted to comment to the post directly, but I suspect he would like Truthers, Birthers & Hookers (aka Sandy Hook Truthers) simply delete the comment or refuse to allow it to appear.

Posting on his blog once is unlikely to get you banned (though posting arguments contrary to his position more than once will get you banned for "trolling") but you will be dogpiled by a collection of extraordinarily boring people.