Originally posted by Bosse de Nagehttp://www.museumofhoaxes.com/piltdown.html
The histories of religion and science alike are replete with frauds, so much so that at times they resemble freakshows. So roll up, carnie's waitin', air your favourite frauds here.
Dj2, would you oblige me with the tale of Nebraskan Man?
Originally posted by HalitoseI was hoping this would be a bit more like show & tell, with stories rather than links--for a carnival atmosphere, you understand.
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/piltdown.html
Piltdown man...I recall the tale from school...So the earnest Darwinian was duped by the devious Dawson's ape-and-human hybrid? Thankfully, the fossil record could be used to expose the fake.
Originally posted by Bosse de NageThey dated the skull and jawbone and found the jawbone to be merely decades old. The fossil record? It wasn't discarded because it didn't fit the evolution model, but because it was clearly a constructed fraud.
I was hoping this would be a bit more like show & tell, with stories rather than links--for a carnival atmosphere, you understand.
Piltdown man...I recall the tale from school...So the earnest Darwinian was duped by the devious Dawson's ape-and-human hybrid? Thankfully, the fossil record could be used to expose the fake.
Originally posted by Bosse de Nagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Popoff
The histories of religion and science alike are replete with frauds, so much so that at times they resemble freakshows. So roll up, carnie's waitin', air your favourite frauds here.
Dj2, would you oblige me with the tale of Nebraskan Man?
Originally posted by shavixmirSarcasm is the lowest form of wit. Despite that, it still seems a little above you.
Surely the greatest fraud is the dinosaurs.
I mean all those mad left wing scientists going around, planting fake bones and trying to convince us giant bloody lizards roamed the earth...
pfffft...
Like I'm gonna fall for the old: "It's a dino bone" trick...
Originally posted by shavixmirWere you trying to be funny?
Surely the greatest fraud is the dinosaurs.
I mean all those mad left wing scientists going around, planting fake bones and trying to convince us giant bloody lizards roamed the earth...
pfffft...
Like I'm gonna fall for the old: "It's a dino bone" trick...
Originally posted by aardvarkhomeOkay, I admit I chuckled, but I kinda miss the jokes that aren't riddled with prejudice and sarcasm. Humour should rise above all that cr@p...
Some-one almost laughed in spirituality forum SHOCK!!!
Has there been a collective sense of humour failiure on the god side of the bored?
Here's a neutral one: Time is relative - the length of a minute depends on which side of the bathroom door you are.