Nathaniel Jeanson

{{crenav|1}}{{expand}}{{cquote|[Harvard] sounded like it would be useful for credentials and evangelism... I asked myself, 'How can I use and abuse my training to influence eternity, rather than for temporary gain?'|||New ICR Research Associate: Nathaniel T. Jeanson, Ph.D.<ref name=icr><capture>[http://www.icr.org/article/new-icr-research-associate-nathaniel/ New ICR Research Associate: Nathaniel T. Jeanson, Ph.D.]</capture></ref>}}
'''Nathaniel Jeanson''' is an [[United States|American]] abnormal [[young Earth creationist]] in that he has a PhD from Harvard Medical School in cell and developmental biology.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101227221833/http://www.icr.org/nathaniel_jeanson/ Bio at icr.org]</ref> During his time at Harvard he "worked in the [[stem cell]] laboratory ... [b]ut strictly with adult stem cells."<ref name=icr /> He was quickly snatched up by the [[Institute for Creation Research]] in 2009 after getting his PhD,<ref name=icr /> and is on their speakers list.<ref><capture>[http://www.icr.org/events/speakers/ Speakers list.]</capture></ref>

Interestingly, despite being a fundamentalist Christian, he also appears to have an [[Islam|Arab Muslim]] following.<ref>Mentioned that [https://youtu.be/MBcRp7jseyg&t=479 he was contacted by Muslims who wondered if he had identified Ishmael in genetic science] (so far, he hasn't); he also has an Arabic playlist [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIvnhsOrliOt1bvuTGJiQoV39obA8IgCA here].</ref>

==Scientific qualifications==
BS, Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Ph.D., Cell and Developmental Biology, Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Employee of [[Answers in Genesis]].<ref>https://answersingenesis.org/bios/nathaniel-jeanson/</ref>

==Talks==
A number of talks by Dr Jeanson in Boston have attracted the attention of [[skeptic]]s. In August 2009, Boston Skeptics noticed and publicised an imminent lecture by Jeanson,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150414015943/http://bostonskeptics.com/2009/08/creationist-lecture-in-boston-on-sunday/ Creationist Lecture in Boston on Sunday!]</ref> which was picked up by [[PZ Myers]].<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/08/16/boston-land-ofcreationists/ Boston, land of…creationists?]</ref> One report described this lecture as "an hour-long spectacle of misinformation, half-truths and what appeared to be deliberate obfuscation."<ref>[http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/08/17/a-first-hand-report-of-nathani/ A first-hand report of Nathaniel Jeanson's lecture in Boston]</ref> He also struggled in the Q&A against scientists in the audience.<ref>[http://bostonatheists.blogspot.com/2009/08/report-on-nathaniel-jeansons.html A Report on Nathaniel Jeanson's Creationism lecture]</ref> In 2011, he apparently performed a similar talk, but had a new strategy in the Q&A&mdash;questioners were brushed off and told to “look at the data.”<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150414015945/http://www.examiner.com/article/harvard-ph-d-nathaniel-jeanson-gives-creationist-lecture Harvard Ph.D Nathaniel Jeanson gives creationist lecture]</ref>

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090911062717/http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/09/true_confessions_of_a_creation.php True confessions of a creationist]
*[http://digitalcuttlefish.blogspot.co.nz/2009/09/nathaniel-jeanson-stealth-ph-d.html Nathaniel Jeanson, Stealth Ph. D.]
*[http://americanloons.blogspot.co.nz/2011/04/193-nathaniel-jeanson.html Entry on the ''Encyclopedia of American Loons'' (#193)]

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