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Darrell Huff

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<b>Darrell Huff</b> was an [[United States|American]] [[author]] who wrote about a somewhat diverse range of subjects.  Most notably, he wrote a book called ''How to Lie with Statistics'', which remains one of the best-selling [[statistics]] books of all time.  It examines ways in which people, media organizations, and other entities use really bad statistical [[logic]] to present falsehoods to people, taking advantage of how most people don't have a strong foundation in statistical logic. As such, it happens to be a good resource for providing the layman with statistical logic skills so they won't be fooled and also aids enrichment of [[critical thinking]].<ref>[https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ss/1124891285 "Darrell Huff and Fifty Years of How to Lie with Statistics"], J. Michael Steele, ''Statistical Science''. 2005, Vol. 20, No. 3, 205–209. DOI 10.1214/088342305000000205. Institute of Mathematical Statistics, 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-lie-with-statistics-2011-7?IR=T 11 Ways To Lie With Statistics], Business Insider, Jul. 28, 2011</ref>

Unfortunately, Huff was also a denier of the harmful effects of [[tobacco]], going so far as to give (we imagine false) testimony to [[Congress]] for good money multiple times.<ref>[http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/published/ChanceEthics4.pdf Statistics for Cigarette Sellers], Andrew Gelman, ''Ethics and Statistics'', VOL. 25.3, 2012</ref>

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Darwin's Deadly Legacy

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'''''Darwin's Deadly Legacy''''' is a [[Creationism|creationist]] film starring D. James Kennedy, asserting that [[Adolf Hitler]] grounded his genocidal actions on [[Charles Darwin]]'s [[theory of evolution]]. The film was produced by Coral Ridge Ministries (CRM). The film aired August 26-27, 2006 during Coral Ridge Ministries' the "Coral Ridge Hour," accompanied by a book titled ''Evolution's Fatal Fruit: How Darwin's Tree of Life Brought Death to Millions''. A prebroadcast CRM blurb boasted that "the program features 14 scholars, scientists and authors who outline the grim consequences of Darwin's theory of evolution and show how his theory fueled Hitler's ovens." CRM spokesman John Aman contended that "Darwinism is a philosophy, it's a worldview, and one of the key things in it is that evolution advances by death, so death is a good thing. Hitler thought he was doing civilization a favor by eliminating lives that were not worth living. We, of course, think that is an egregious moral tragedy and a consequence of the worldview that was initiated by Darwin and popularized by his followers."

The film stars James Kennedy, [[Ann Coulter]], [[Lee Strobel]], [[Richard Weikart]], [[Jonathan Wells]], [[Phillip Johnson]], [[Michael Behe]], [[Ken Ham]], Ian Taylor, Earl Tilford, and (very briefly) Francis Collins. Yes, Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute. However, after viewing the film, he was "absolutely appalled" at how his comments were used in the film. "I had no knowledge that Coral Ridge Ministries was planning a TV special on Darwin and Hitler, and I find the thesis of Dr. Kennedy's program utterly misguided and inflammatory."<ref>http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2006/08/22/d-james-kennedy-busted/</ref> 

An ad funded by the CRM states that millions of Americans are being lied to, a lie hiding as scientific fact. The film then presents a short book titled ''Evidence for Creation: Intelligent Answers for Open Minds'' by Tom DeRosa, foreword by James Kennedy.

The [[Anti-Defamation League]] "blasted" the film: "Trivializing the [[Holocaust]] comes from either [[ignorance]] [[Hanlon's razor|at best]] or, at worst, [[Appeal to emotion|a mendacious attempt to score political points]] in the [[culture war]] on the backs of six million Jewish victims and others who died at the hands of the Nazis."<ref>http://archive.adl.org/PresRele/HolNa_52/4877_52.htm</ref>

==See also==
*[[Social Darwinism]]
*[[Godwin's Law]]
*[[Appeal to consequences]]
*[[Evolution and morality]]

==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3622218/ ''Darwin's Deadly Legacy'' on IMDb]

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Darwin's Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get It Wrong

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'''''Darwin's Pious Idea: Why the Ultra-Darwinists and Creationists Both Get It Wrong''''' is a [[theistic evolution]] book written by Conor Cunningham, a philosopher and theologian from the University of Nottingham, and was published by the Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company in 2010.

==Overview==

The book claims that the debate between [[religion]] and evolution has been hijacked by extremists, on one side religious fundamentalists who reject [[evolution]] outright and on the opposing side "[[fundamentalist atheist]]s" who claim that Darwin’s theory rules out the possibility of [[God]], which the author calls "Ultra Darwinism". Cunningham, a Christian who accepts evolution, rejects both of these sides and advocates a middle position, a version of [[theistic evolution]].<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2011/feb/18/darwin-pious-gene-dawkins-creationism Guardian article]</ref> Most of the book is an attack on "Ultra-Darwinists" such as [[Richard Dawkins]] and criticism of the selfish gene.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2011/06/24/3253143.htm?site=westernplains Symposium on Darwin's Pious Idea By Phil Dowe]</ref>

==Reception==

It is a [[religious]] book written for a Christian audience and in many places is critical of [[science]].<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2011/06/24/3253074.htm?topic1=&topic2= Richard Dawkins the Neanderthal, and Darwin's pious idea By Conor Cunningham]</ref> It has received mixed{{cn|Would it not be entirely negative?}} but generally negative reviews from the scientific community.

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Darwin, Then and Now, The Most Amazing Story in the History of Science

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'''''Darwin, Then and Now, The Most Amazing Story in the History of Science''''' ({{Isbn|0595515754}}) is an anti-evolution book written by [[young earth creationist]] [[Richard William Nelson]] and published by iUniverse in 2009.

==Overview==

The book is intentionally deceptive, and contains over one thousand [[argument from authority|quotations]] from scientists about evolution. However, Nelson has been very dishonest and moved words around and misrepresented the quotes on purpose. Nelson confuses "[[Darwinism]]" with [[evolution]] deliberately in an attempt to pretend evolution is falling apart. All of the scientists he quoted accepted the biological fact of evolution and were only debating the mechanisms which brought it about. The book is filled with dishonest [[quote mining]] and has received very negative reviews. Nelson says that he opposes evolution because it contradicts the [[Genesis]] account in the Bible.

==Controversy==

Nelson is an internet [[troll]] and has posted positive reviews of his book on internet forums. He created a fake user called "Kam" and pretended to be a female to give his book extra support, but it was later revealed that this user was his own sockpuppet.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/review/RKQ7KNB9XLH9G/ref=cm_cr_pr_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0595513751&linkCode=&nodeID=&tag=#wasThisHelpful Nelson exposed as using a fake account]</ref>

==See also==
*[[Tornado in a Junkyard: The Relentless Myth of Darwinism]] 
*[[The End of Darwinism: And How a Flawed and Disastrous Theory Was Stolen and Sold]] 

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Darwin fish

[[Image:DarwinFish.png|thumb|left|This is a Darwin fish.  Please use unbarbed hooks.]]
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::''For the fundamentalist minister, see [[Darwin Fish]].''
The '''Darwin fish''' is clearly an [[evil]] [[liberal]]/[[satanist]] plot to undermine [[Jesus]], [[fish]], and [[United States|America]], in that order.

The ichthys or ΙΧΘΥΣ symbol (or "Jesus fish" or "Christian fish") is typically used to proclaim an affiliation with or affinity for [[Christianity]] (stemming from the ancient acronym "[[Jesus|'''Ι'''ησους]] [[Messiah|'''Χ'''ριστος]] [[God|'''Θ'''εου]] [[Virgin birth|'''Υ'''ιος]] [[Salvation|'''Σ'''ωτηρ]]", or "Jesus Christ, God, Son, the Savior"), is frequently a subject of [[satire]], especially when adorning the bumpers or trunks of automobiles. Most such ornaments are adhesive badges made of chrome-colored plastic.  These people, in an attempt to increase the stakes, have taken to attaching to their SUVs a large "Truth" fish gobbling up the Darwin fish in an unconscious admission of the [[truth]] of [[natural selection]]. 

Like evolution, the Darwin fish is not against religion or even against Christianity; it specifically mocks a particular interpretation of the Bible made by Young-Earth Creationism.

The next phase has been reached, and you can now buy [[:File:JesusFishDarwinMountsIxoye.gif|Darwin fish depicted humping the "Truth" fish]].

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File:Ephesus IchthysCrop.jpg|An early edition
File:Ichthys C-Class.jpg|The standard issue Jesus fish
File:Darwin fish.png|The challenge
File:Truth fish.jpg|The battle begins
File:Cthulhu-fish.png|[[Cthulhu]] fish
File:Anniegirltank.jpg|[[Flirty fishing]], anyone?
File:Gefiltefish.JPG|Oy vey!
File:Gulpo.png|[[SMBC]]'s take
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Darwinism Under The Microscope: How Recent Scientific Evidence Points To Divine Design

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'''''Darwinism Under The Microscope: How Recent Scientific Evidence Points To Divine Design''''' is an [[intelligent design]] book written by James P. Gills and published by Charisma House in 2002. Like other works with similarly grandiose religiously based claims, its title is factually incorrect.

==Overview==

It is a religious book which pretends to be scientific and consists of mostly recycled Christian [[creationist]] arguments and quotes from intelligent-design advocates [[Charles Thaxton]] and [[Phillip Johnson]]. It also contains essays by [[Michael Behe]] and [[William Dembski]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111114164809/http://www.doesgodexist.org/JanFeb06/DarwinismUndertheMicroscope.html Darwinism Under The Microscope]</ref> The main claim of the book is that [[irreducible complexity|complexity]] has been found in the cell which disproves Darwinian [[evolution]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150414021450/http://www.christianbits.co.uk/product.php?id=0884199258 Christian Website]</ref>

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Darwinius masillae

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[[File:Darwinius masillae PMO 214.214.jpg|thumb|right|150px|''Darwinius masillae'', a remarkably well preserved fossil specimen.]]{{evolution}}
'''''Darwinius masillae''''' is a [[transitional form]] in the order of [[primate]]s. It is notable for having one of the best preserved [[fossils]] from that time, discovered in the 1980s but held in a private collection and away from study until much later.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8057465.stm "Scientists hail stunning fossil"] [[BBC]] News, 19 May 2009</ref> It was named after [[Charles Darwin]] as a commemoration of the 200<sup>th</sup> anniversary of his birth and after the Messel Pit in [[Germany]] where the fossil was originally found.

The fossil dates to 47 million years ago, 8 million years after the oldest known primate fossils. Although it undoubtedly possesses features that are transitional between earlier mammals and later primates and simians — opposable thumbs and nails rather than claws, for instance — it is still under discussion and study as to whether ''D. masillae'' is a ''direct'' ancestor of [[humans]]. On October 22, 2009, a group of [[anthropologist]]s reported in an article in ''[[Nature (journal)|Nature]]'' magazine that ''D. masillae'' was most definitely ''not'' a direct human ancestor, being in fact more closely related to lemurs. The scientific community had already been highly [[skeptic]]al of the claims that it was a direct human ancestor, and the anthropologists' findings represented the position of most scientists, according to paleo-anthropologist David Begun.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33416595/ns/technology_and_science-science/?gt1=43001 'Missing link' primate isn't a link after all]</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of transitional forms]]

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Data Quality Act

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The '''Data Quality Act (DQA)''' is a law that is [[Conservative correctness|not really an act, nor does it ensure "data quality."]] It's actually a two-sentence rider that was slipped into a 2001 appropriations bill by Rep. Jo Ann Emerson ([[Republican|R]]-[[MO]]) and an industry [[lobbyist]] to, ostensibly, "provide policy and procedural guidance to Federal agencies for ensuring and maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility, and [[integrity]] of information (including statistical information) disseminated by Federal agencies." Because of its vague wording, special interests have latched onto it to challenge the legitimacy of [[scientific]] studies on subjects relating to [[environmental]] and health risks, including [[global warming]], deforestation, and pesticides. 

Notably, it has also been used in an attempt to lift the ban on [[medical marijuana]].

==External links==
*[http://www.ombwatch.org/node/3479 Data Quality Act], OMB Watch
*Catherine Campbell Meshkin. Unchecked Data: A Tool for Political Corruption? ''Engage'' Volume 11, Issue 3, December 2010 [http://www.fed-soc.org/doclib/20101223_MeshkinEngage11.3.pdf]
*[http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2005/08/28/interrogations/?page=full Thanks to a little-known piece of legislation, scientists at the EPA and other agencies find their work questioned not only by industry, but by their own government], Chris Mooney
*[http://articles.latimes.com/2005/jul/18/local/me-potduo18 Activist Enlists Unlikely Ally in Bid to Legalize Pot], LA Times
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Dave Emory

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'''Dave Emory''' {{lived|1949}} is a radio personality and [[conspiracy|conspiracy theorist]] whose show is carried by several noncommercial FM radio stations including KFJC, [[Pacifica Radio|KPFK]] and KKUP in [[California]] and WFMU in New Jersey. He describes himself as an anti-fascist activist, but proving once again that good intentions can go so, so wrong, his research is mired in a conspiratorial analysis in which hidden [[Nazi]] and [[Fascist]] conspiracies are everywhere, with their tentacles in governments and secret societies around the world.

As an example of the mire, Emory has accused [[Glenn Greenwald]] — who is ethnically [[Jewish]]<ref>[http://www.gq.com/news-politics/newsmakers/201406/glenn-greenwald-edward-snowden-no-place-to-hide?printable=true The Man Who Knows Too Much]</ref> — (as well as [[Julian Assange]] and [[Edward Snowden]]) of being a Nazi sympathizer.<ref>[http://spitfirelist.com/for-the-record/ftr-812-kim-dotcom-and-divine-laissez-faire-economics/ ''For the Record'' #812]</ref><ref>[http://spitfirelist.com/news/citizen-greenwald-hypocrites-nazis-r-us/ Citizen Greenwald]</ref> In Greenwald's case the accusation is based on his ''pro bono'' defense of the free speech rights of [[Neo-Nazi]] Matthew Hale.<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/snowden-and-greenwald-the-men-who-leaked-the-secrets-20131204 Snowden and Greenwald: The Men Who Leaked the Secrets]</ref> By this 'logic', the [[ACLU]] is a hotbed of Nazi sympathizers.

His show is a smorgasbord for the information junkie wanting to keep up with what is going on in the world, relying on annotated sources for his arguments.

According to conspiracy theorist [[Alex Constantine]], Emory has accused other conspiracy theorists ('Nip Tuck', John Judge, and the entire board of the [[Mae Brussell]] Research Center) of being government agents.<ref>[http://archive.politicalassassinations.net/2014/09/background-on-dave-emory-john-judge-and-mae-brussell/ Background on Dave Emory, John Judge, and Mae Brussell]</ref> Constantine in turn has accused Emory and others of being [[CIA]] stooges.<ref>[http://aconstantineblacklist.blogspot.com/2007/11/dave-emory-is-cias-useful-idiot.html Dave Emory is the CIA's Useful Idiot]</ref> Where the truth lies is anyone's guess since there's little independent information about the circular firing squad among these conspiracy theorists.

==See also==

* [http://spitfirelist.com/ Spitfirelist - Emory's website]
* [https://spitfirelist.com/category/audio/ Audio archives of his shows]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0Bc4KJx2Ao Michael Parenti—Functions of Fascism (Real History) 1 of 4] 
* [http://americanloons.blogspot.com/2010/12/123-dave-emory.html Dave Emory] at the [[Encyclopedia of American Loons]]

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David Bellamy

[[File:David Bellamy 4 Allan Warren (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|175px|David Bellamy in 1981.]]
'''David James Bellamy''' {{lived|18 January 1933|11 December 2019}} was a [[United Kingdom|British]] [[author]], broadcaster, [[Environmentalism|environmental]] campaigner and botanist.

He was perhaps most notable as an enthusiastic and popular television presenter of [[ecology]] and [[botany]] programmes. Bellamy appeared to lose his marbles in later life and moved completely into the [[Global warming denialism|climate change denial]] camp. From there, he repeated the usual cut-and-paste climate denial [[bullshit]] about corruption in scientific institutions. He also claimed that the [[BBC]] ostracised him because of his views<ref>[http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/69623/  BBC SHUNNED ME FOR DENYING CLIMATE CHANGE]</ref>.

Bellamy retired from the [[climate change]] debate after he was ripped to pieces by [[George Monbiot]] on TV over an article that he wrote in the ''[[New Scientist]]''<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eOFYAg_DPw  George Monbiot and David Bellamy debating on YouTube]</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPeqQ1eYiQU George Monbiot and David Bellamy debating on YouTube]</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjH3FOMskLs George Monbiot and David Bellamy debating on YouTube]</ref>.  In that article, Bellamy claimed that a large percentage (555 of the 625) of the world's glaciers were actually advancing rather than retreating, when in fact the opposite is happening. Bellamy's supporters claimed it was a slip of the finger on the keyboard; in reality, it appears he lifted the statistic from rent-a-scientist [[Fred Singer]]'s website.  However, where Singer lifted that number from remains unclear.
 
==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120104020853/http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/69623/ David Bellamy interview in the ''Daily Express'' (From Wayback Machine)]
* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2009/mar/16/monbiot-bellamy-climate-change-denier/  George Monbiot in ''[[The Guardian]]'' "Bellamy the Bearded Bungler doesn't disappoint"]
* [http://www.monbiot.com/2004/08/19/correspondence-with-david-bellamy/  George Monbiot's correspondence with David Bellamy]

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David Fontana

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'''David Fontana''' {{lived|1934|2010}} was a [[British]] [[psychologist]], [[parapsychologist]], [[spiritualist]] and [[pseudoscience]] promoter.

==Biography== 
Fontana was a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, a Chartered Psychologist and a Chartered Counselling Psychologist. He published many books, including popular treatments of [[dream]]s and [[symbol]]s. He also took interest in [[paranormal]] research such as [[mediumship]], [[poltergeist]] cases and [[electronic voice phenomenon]]. He was at one time the president of the [[Society for Psychical Research]], from 1995 to 1998.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101128061645/http://noetic.org/directory/person/david-fontana/ Biography of David Fontana]</ref>

==Life after death==
Fontana was a convinced spiritualist and is most well known for his book ''Is There An Afterlife?: A Comprehensive Overview of the Evidence'' (2005). Fontana believed that hauntings (including poltergeists), mental and physical mediumship, claims for electronic communications from the dead, [[Near-death experience|near-death]] and [[out-of-body experience]]s, and [[reincarnation]] were all real and evidence for an [[afterlife]].<ref>[http://www.acampbell.org.uk/bookreviews/r/fontana.html Book Review by Anthony Campbell]</ref> It is clear that Fontana was [[credulous]] when it came to the subject of life after death as he did not use any critical or [[skeptical]] material in his book. He took reports at face value and did not cite the evidence of fraud in mediumship. According to Fontana fraudulent mediums such as [[Helen Duncan]], [[Eileen Garrett]], [[Leslie Flint]] and [[Gladys Osborne Leonard]] were all genuine. 

Fontana was one of the few psychologists to accept many of the reports of physical mediumship as valid, but investigations into physical mediumship have proven fraud, such as [[ectoplasm]] made out of butter or muslin, or mediums using plastic dolls as spirits in seance rooms.

==Publications==
*''Life Beyond Death: What Should We Expect?'' (2009)
*''Creative Meditation & Visualization'' (2007)
*''Is There An Afterlife?: A Comprehensive Overview of the Evidence'' (2005)
*''Learn to Dream: Interpret Dream Symbolism, Enhance Inner Life, Remember Your Dreams'' (2004)
*''Psychology, Religion and Spirituality'' (2003)
*''The Secret Language of Symbols: A Visual Key to Symbols and Their Meanings'' (2003)
*''Discover Zen: A Practical Guide to Personal Serenity'' (2001)
*''Learn to Meditate: A Practical Guide to Self-Discovery and Fulfillment'' (1999)
*''Meditation: An Introductory Guide to Relaxation for Mind and Body'' (1999)
*''The Meditator's Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide to Eastern and Western Meditation Techniques'' (1992)

==See also==
*[[Alan Gauld]]

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