I can't wait to get my hands on the Neanderthal and run it through our CoalHMM analysis!
Yeah, we are pretty swamped with worn on that project already, but this will just be so cool I can't wait.
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Today there was a science show on Danish television on The Missing Link. Cool, I thought, that is going to be interesting. They will even mention some of my own research (in an interview with Mikkel Schirup, one of my colleagues from BiRC).
It was an interesting show. Kinda superficial, but still interesting.
Now, there is also a web forum associated with the show. So after the show I logged on to see if there would be an interesting discussion.
Kinda, sorta, but not really.
I mean, there was a bit of a discussion, but it completely drowned in nut job creationists demanding "proof" of evolution.
I tried to argue a bit, but gave up and went for a couple of beers with some friends instead.
Now I just got back and am reading through the discussion there, and I am very saddened.
It could have been a very interesting discussion about the various theories and evidence for this or that scientific theory, but it ended up being a discussion about whether evolution is a fact or not.
Why is it that those crazy people demand proof of evolution but refuse to read all the existing literature supporting the theory? Which paper, which conclusion is it they disagree with?
Let us start from there.
You cannot just discard a study because you do not like the conclusion. You have to point out the errors in the study!
If you do not believe in evolution, tell us which bloody paper it is that made a mistake!
Damn it, life is just to short to discuss with people who are ignorant about the topic under discussion...
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