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Author Topic:   Kent Hovind's Doctoral dissertation
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Message 1 of 47 (699011)
05-13-2013 10:17 AM


I was tempted to post this in Humour VII, but I guess it deserves a thread of its own in case discussion breaks out.
Wikileaks had released the Hovind thesis.
Announcement
Dissertation (pdf file)
Patriot Bible University (Wikipedia page)
home page of Patriot
I was alerted to this by Jonny Scaramanga's blog

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05-13-2013 11:34 AM
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Is it unusual for there to be no tabulated data at all in a science-based dissertation?
No data, almost no citations.
That's part of what makes this hilarious.
With that quality of writing, I would never have graduated from high school.

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Message 12 of 47 (699124)
05-14-2013 4:52 PM
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Wasn't this leaked years ago?
The normal practice for dissertations, is to publish them.
I gather that Patriot U. did not follow this practice. They allowed access, but only with some sort of non-disclosure agreement. I'm not sure of the details, because I have not followed it closely.
Yes, there has been earlier commentary by people who have had access. I am not aware of an earlier full public release (or leak).

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