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Author | Topic: www.conservapedia.com - What do you think? | |||||||||||||||||||
Chiroptera Inactive Member |
"Mad as a screaming weasel" is pretty accurate. One example of "bias" is that Wikipedia uses CE and BCE instead of AD and BC -- as if that were part of some conspiracy! And their complaint that some articles use British spelling is hilarious. Also, their description of evolution is pretty bad -- this is clearly americanfundamentalistconservativechristepedia.com, not just conservapedia.com.
Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. -- Charley the Australopithecine
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The frightening thing is, that is one of the more sensible things I have ever heard a conservative say.
Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. -- Charley the Australopithecine
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Chiroptera Inactive Member |
I can see the reason for the lockdown:
However, God has recently revealed on His blog that Jesus is actually His nephew, not His son. Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. -- Charley the Australopithecine
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It's the purpose of Conservapedia to be a pro-Christian version of Wikipedia.... Ashens 14:02 22 February 2007 (EST) ... Having factually incorrect information doesn't make this article pro-Christian. It makes it wrong. JoshuaZ 14:17, 22 February 2007 (EST) Man, I'd like to nominate JoshuaZ for POTM. Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. -- Charley the Australopithecine
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Chiroptera Inactive Member |
A big topic these days in academia, even making the front page of The Chronicle of Higher Education, is bias against conservatives in academia.
Basically, rigous high quality academic research tends to show conservative positions are wrong. So conservatives either don't do quality research, or they can't do quality research. So they have a harder time getting tenure. Then they cry, "foul!" Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. -- Charley the Australopithecine
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Chiroptera Inactive Member |
From the article on Bill Clinton:
Bill Clinton managed to serve two terms without botching the prosecution of two wars, manipulating intelligence, engaging in a systematic program of torture, or mishandling the federal response to flooding of a major American city. Obviously, he is the devil incarnate. I think I should quit flagging these things before someone informs the editors and they clean it all up. Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. -- Charley the Australopithecine
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quote: This morning I noticed that someone had written a long article on Hillary Clinton. I noticed, because last night it was only a paragraph long. It mentioned that she was involved in the national health care debate a few years ago. "National health care" was a link, and when I clicked on it I got the page on Communism. Heh. I'm still trying to decide if that was a "sincere idiocy" or a parody. Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. -- Charley the Australopithecine
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quote: There was an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education a while back on Wikipedia. Evidently, someone had experts in various fields compare Wikipedia articles with articles in other more traditional encyclopedias like Britannica. Wikipedia did as well as all the other encyclopedias as far as factual errors go. Also, it seems that experts tend to rate Wikipedia higher than the average layman. Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. -- Charley the Australopithecine
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Chiroptera Inactive Member |
The moon causes tides on the earth, and the earth causes tides on the moon. The tidal bulge on the moon is the reason why the moon keeps the same face toward the earth (just as the tidal bulges on the earth are slowing down the earth's rotation).
Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. -- Charley the Australopithecine
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quote: Shoemaker-Levy. Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. -- Charley the Australopithecine
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quote: Yes, once the earth's rotation slowed enough so that it, too, showed the same face toward the moon, then there would be no more tidal friction, and the system should be stable. But I, too, once read that eventually the situation would reverse, and the moon would begin to approach the earth. I can't remember why (and I was a kid, so the explanation may have been lacking); it may have something to do with the sun exerting an extra perturbation on the system. Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. -- Charley the Australopithecine
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Chiroptera Inactive Member |
Oops, sorry, Quetzal, I forgot to respond to this.
Yes, the Chronicle is online, but you need a subscription to read it (which I don't -- the department where I teach gets the paper edition). Sorry. Anyway (and now I am going to be mixing up different sources, I'm afraid), some people feel that Wikipedia is at least as good a source as any encyclopedia, and others are dead against it. Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. -- Charley the Australopithecine
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Chiroptera Inactive Member |
Have you been reading the discussions concerning these pages? They are often more interesting than the articles themselves.
Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. -- Charley the Australopithecine
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Chiroptera Inactive Member |
From Statistics:
90% of all statistics are made up. For example, only 10% of Americans accept evolution as it is taught in public school. Hee hee hee. I wonder if this was intentional? Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. -- Charley the Australopithecine
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Evidently, the BBC ran a spot on Constupipedia, and a British conservative wrote in to complain about the bias against British standard spelling. Evidently the Americanfascistepedians couldn't resist a dig:
Many Americans older than I fondly recall coming to your aid in World War II when things were looking quite bleak in London. Way to rally support for Conservadopia! Actually, if their god makes better pancakes, I'm totally switching sides. -- Charley the Australopithecine |
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