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Ann Coulter Shokooh, Arsalan Jul 11, 2006

I am puzzled by your lengthy and detailed response to Coulter's garbage. She says garbage just about every issue including science. You should know that. She is neither a scientist, a journalist, a writer, nor even a woman of religious conviction. She is simply a trash. Do you think she would be making a dime if she was a progressive? Spreading hatred, ignorance and venom, in today's America, will bring fame and money. Of course she didn't write those sections on evolution by herself--she doesn't have enough gray cells to think beyond the most primitive human functions. You write " We await Coulter's insightful observations on these and other questions." Insightfulness? Observation? Don't you know these are of higher level activities of human intelligence far beyond her ability to perform?

By responding to her rubbish you legitimize her claims to respectability. I expected more from Talk Reason. I am very disappointed. You will not change her mind and those of vast masses of idiots who take their clues from her. But you've managed to lend her credibility she does not deserve. A truly great pity.

Regards,

Aris

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Coulter Zickerman, Dennis Jul 11, 2006

I happened on a John Derbyshire link to your site. Having been one of several of his readers who asked him to deconstruct Coulter, ID, and all the rest of it, I was grateful to discover you. I look forward to the next installment. And while you're at it, perhaps someone will take the time to give George Gilder's "Evolution and Me" article in the July 17 National Review the same treatment--if,that is, anyone can penetrate his prose. Anyway, thank you for your good work. The science is way over my head, but I get enough of it to satisfy my need to see Coulter's views thoroughly debunked.

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Coulter on evolution Wooten, Sandra Jul 11, 2006

I just ran across Part II of your analysis of Coulter's drivel regarding evolution. I'd sooner have a root canal on every tooth in my mouth than buy or read any of her work, so thanks for doing it for me and letting me know that the nuts at the "Discovery" Institute coached her.

I learned quite a bit from reading Part II. I knew about lungfish but was not aware of the importance of the Coelacanth in evolutionary biology. Can't remember how I ended up at your website but I started at Aetiology by Tara Smith and am glad to have stumbled upon your article. I emailed the link to Duncan Black ("Atrios") who runs a progressive weblog called "Eschaton" in case he wants to mention it on his site.

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Coulter mangles Dover case Burke , Pat Jun 27, 2006

Living in a country (look north, USA) where presumably Coulter would be classified as a Hate Crime, it boggles the mind how she (and her ilk) can get away with it. Is this not akin to falsely screaming "FIRE" in a crowded theater, trancending reasonable limits to free speach, as the Right is often wont to harp upon. These "people" elevate hyperbole to an artless form. They must all be closet Atheists. If they believe in their god, truth, beauty and justice, they have to believe they are going to hell.

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Poker Probabilities Igo, Rob Jul 05, 2006

I read and enjoyed your article "Detecting design: specification versus likelihood." You have done an admirable job explaining probability and hypothesis testing. I have one small nit to pick: Early on you say,"The
chances of getting a Royal Flush if the cards are dealt randomly are about 2.5 million to 1." I'm guessing you know that this is the probability of drawing a royal flush *in a particular suit,* specified beforehand (or any
combination of five cards, for that matter).

Cheers,

Rob

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