"3 ) Crying that they did n't know what they were being interviewed for ? If they 'd have known , would they have refused to participate , or lied about something ?"
"Some of them know ( from experience , because many nutjob anti-evolutionists are positively dishonest -- like Mathis & amp ; Co. ) that statements have to be phrased carefully for at least one of ( at least ) two reasons : First , these people know a sh * tload less about the technicalities than the interviewers do ; second , words may be chosen more carefully to try to prevent snippets being used out of context . You can see both in this instance , with the explanation of one postulation involving crystals and Dawkins referring to the ultimate Darwinian development of any theoretical panspermia initiators ( which got cut off to be spun into a ridiculous quote mine ) ."
"they have refused to participate , or lied about something"
"technicalities than the interviewers do ; second , words may be chosen more carefully to try to prevent snippets"