{"id":816,"date":"2008-03-22T12:49:04","date_gmt":"2008-03-22T12:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/03\/22\/never-underestimate-the-stupidity-of-stupid-people\/"},"modified":"2008-03-22T12:49:04","modified_gmt":"2008-03-22T12:49:04","slug":"never-underestimate-the-stupidity-of-stupid-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/03\/22\/never-underestimate-the-stupidity-of-stupid-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Never underestimate the stupidity of stupid people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While I&#8217;ve been utterly swamped with Jess&#8217;s visit (<a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/nics_events\/sets\/72157604119941308\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/nics_events\/sets\/72157604191743795\/\">there<\/a>), preparing for <a href=\"http:\/\/evostar.iti.upv.es\/index.php?option=com_content&#038;view=article&#038;id=46&#038;Itemid=51\">EuroGP<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gp-field-guide.org.uk\/2008\/03\/almost-ready-for-eurogp.html\">the book release<\/a>, and various random deadlines, life has (strangely enough) continued around me.<\/p>\n<p>Included in this m\u00eal\u00e9e of activity is the crazy news that <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/\">PeeZed<\/a> got expelled from <em>Expelled<\/em>.  This is (by numerous accounts) a fairly dreadful film about how hard done by those poor ID folks are, and how mean and nasty those icky evolutionists are.  Waa.  Both PeeZed and <a href=\"http:\/\/richarddawkins.net\/\">Richard Dawkins<\/a> were interviewed for the film under false pretenses, and get non-trivial screen time.  There was a free pre-screening of the film in the Cities last night, which conveniently (and I think accidentally?) coincided with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atheists.org\/conference\/\">a major atheist meeting<\/a> in the Cities.  So PeeZed and various of his family and friends <em>including Dawkins<\/em>(!) all trouped off to check it out.<\/p>\n<p>The wonderful kicker is that one of the producers<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recognized PeeZed in line,<\/li>\n<li>Had PeeZed expelled,<\/li>\n<li>Failed to recognize Dawkins (or any others in his group)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Saw Dawkins got to see the movie, but Paul had to hang out in the mall waiting for them to get out!  The Mall of America (where all this happened) is big, but I&#8217;m not sure it&#8217;s big enough to hold that much irony.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s loads o&#8217; blogging on the subject; PeeZed is collecting and sharing links (<a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2008\/03\/still_straining_to_find_an_exc.php\">here<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2008\/03\/busy_busy_busy_1.php\">there<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2008\/03\/a_late_night_quick_one.php\">elsewhere<\/a>, plus <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2008\/03\/expelled.php\">his post from the Apple Store during the film<\/a>).  Quite happily, it&#8217;s also being reported for the fiasco that it is in the mainstream press (e.g., <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/ci_8657674?source=email\">Pioneer Press<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/03\/21\/science\/21expelledw.html?_r=2&#038;scp=1&#038;sq=expelled&#038;st=nyt&#038;oref=slogin&#038;oref=slogin\">NY Times<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.danflies.com\/2008\/03\/umm-prof-kicked-out-of-moviehes-in.html\">Dan Flies<\/a> for sending me an e-mail about all this.  I really had missed it all, so having the direct pointer was a Good Thing.<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"st-post-tags \">\n\tTags: <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/blogging\/\" title=\"blogging\">blogging<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/evolution\/\" title=\"evolution\">evolution<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/film\/\" title=\"film\">film<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/idiots\/\" title=\"IDiots\">IDiots<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/news\/\" title=\"news\">news<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/peezed\/\" title=\"PeeZed\">PeeZed<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/tag\/science\/\" title=\"Science\">Science<\/a><br \/><\/div>\n\n\n\t<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\t<ul class=\"st-related-posts\">\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/03\/30\/umm-students-are-just-so-cool\/\" title=\"UMM students are just <em>so<\/em> cool! (30 Mar 08)\">UMM students are just <em>so<\/em> cool!<\/a> (5)<\/li>\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/11\/12\/some-must-see-tv-tomorrow-night-for-those-in-the-us\/\" title=\"Some must see TV tomorrow night (for those in the U.S.) (12 Nov 07)\">Some must see TV tomorrow night (for those in the U.S.)<\/a> (0)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I&#8217;ve been utterly swamped with Jess&#8217;s visit (here and there), preparing for EuroGP and the book release, and various random deadlines, life has (strangely enough) continued around me. Included in this m\u00eal\u00e9e of activity is the crazy news that PeeZed got expelled from Expelled. This is (by numerous accounts) a fairly dreadful film about &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/03\/22\/never-underestimate-the-stupidity-of-stupid-people\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Never underestimate the stupidity of stupid people&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0},"categories":[17,11,15],"tags":[91,66,70,288,222,287,866],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-da","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":829,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2008\/04\/02\/peezed-gets-an-asteroid-named-after-him\/","url_meta":{"origin":816,"position":0},"title":"PeeZed gets an asteroid named after him!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"2 Apr 08","format":false,"excerpt":"Every science nerd hopes to get something named after them, with the mostly likely candidates being small invertebrates or small celestial bodies as there are lots of both still without names. As further proof of how cool PeeZed is, he just got an asteroid named after him! The little rock\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":562,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/05\/25\/pirates-3-was-good-fun\/","url_meta":{"origin":816,"position":1},"title":"Pirates 3 was good fun","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"25 May 07","format":false,"excerpt":"Despite Skatje's warnings (via PeeZed) about the crowds (or what passes for such here in sleepy Morris), we all saw Pirates of the Carribean 3 tonight. By the time we saw the warning (great use of PeeZed's blog!), Sub-Evil Boy had already headed out in an effort to stake out\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Films&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Films","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/films\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":509,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2007\/03\/09\/peezed-hits-a-half-century\/","url_meta":{"origin":816,"position":2},"title":"PeeZed hits a half century!","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"9 Mar 07","format":false,"excerpt":"It's definitely a sign of how strange and intertwined the world has become that I: Get an IM from a student (Brian Ohs) pointing me at an article on RichardDawkins.net linking to a 2 hour talk by Ken Miller on what a dangerous crock ID is. Decide while I'm there\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Education&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":261,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/11\/21\/i-smell-a-trend\/","url_meta":{"origin":816,"position":3},"title":"I smell a trend&#8230;","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"21 Nov 05","format":false,"excerpt":"On the same day that I (finally) post about my biking accident, PeeZed has an unfortunate interaction with a ladder and leaves. While the casual observer might not make a connection...I smell a conspiracy! Think about it - there are just too many connections to ignore. PeeZed and I are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Events","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/category\/events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":236,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/09\/19\/autechres-remix-of-tortoises-adverse-camber-is-cool\/","url_meta":{"origin":816,"position":4},"title":"Autechre&#8217;s remix of Tortoise&#8217;s &#8220;Adverse Camber&#8221; is cool","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"19 Sep 05","format":false,"excerpt":"Just caught Autechre's remix \"Adverse Camber\" on the 24 July 2005 Brainwashed podcast (yeah, I'm a lot of behind) and it's really cool. This is based on Tortoise's song \"Ten-Day Interval\" from their album TNT. It's long and atmospheric, but rhythmically really interesting and not dull or repetitious. 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