tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post5469550435689880030..comments2023-12-21T06:35:36.624-05:00Comments on Recursivity: Yet More Credential Inflation at 'Uncommon Descent'?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-38152950092091116732015-03-18T15:58:51.167-04:002015-03-18T15:58:51.167-04:00Even the URL to the community college on his websi...Even the URL to the community college on his website is broken!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-38481018568343568292015-01-13T09:54:22.435-05:002015-01-13T09:54:22.435-05:00Some schools simply changed the name of their &quo...Some schools simply changed the name of their "Department of Geology" to "Department of Earth science" or "Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences."<br /><br />How about Kurt Wise? He went through the motions of earning a PhD., studying under S.J. Gould. He met the requirements of the degree, yet seems to have tossed most of his knowledge away as he pursued a career as a Young-Earth Creationist.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07891989201161664914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-13076268297952032312015-01-12T11:52:52.543-05:002015-01-12T11:52:52.543-05:00In some places (like here in Waterloo) it is impos...In some places (like here in Waterloo) it is impossible to get a master's in "Geology". The department is named "Earth Sciences" and that's what your master's degree says. So I think this particular point is not worth it.Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-719320622781195082015-01-12T08:57:14.302-05:002015-01-12T08:57:14.302-05:00If geology were the same as earth science, why cha...If geology were the same as earth science, why change it? Of course, Luskin says "geology" because he wants authority from which to lie about the fossil record.<br /><br />From Wikipedia:<br /> <i><br />The following fields of science are generally categorized within the Earth sciences:<br /><br />Geology...<br /><br />Physical geography...<br /><br />Geophysics and geodesy...<br /><br />Soil science...<br /><br />Ecology...<br /><br />Hydrology...<br /><br />Glaciology...<br /><br />Atmospheric sciences...</i>Diogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551943619872944637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-79297430791732033112015-01-12T04:35:32.430-05:002015-01-12T04:35:32.430-05:00I don't see a big difference between master...I don't see a big difference between master's in "geology" and "earth science". It may be technically incorrect, but not very much so.Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-102012571339121402015-01-11T23:46:35.150-05:002015-01-11T23:46:35.150-05:00Thank you for keeping track of creationist credent...Thank you for keeping track of creationist credential inflation.<br /><br />As another example, Casey Luskin, creationist lawyer, has repeatedly called himself a "scientist" and been called a "scientist" by other IDiots. He recently contributed a chapter to the book "More than Myth", which seeks to prove that the Book of Genesis is true (thus falsifying the IDiot claim that ID starts with the scientific facts, not Scripture. No, it was always about Scripture.) That book's "About the Authors" section describes Luskin as having a Master's in geology. In fact, he has a Master's in earth science.<br /><br />Dembski has called himself a "scientific researcher" and Stephen Meyer, Ph.D. in philosophy, is routinely called a "scientist" by other creationists.<br /><br />The list of fake Ph.D.s and degrees from diploma mills among creationists is very long, too long to give here. <br /><br />John Calvert, another lawyer, recently (as COPE; Calvert was formerly of IDnet) sued the state of Ohio saying that teaching evolution in the NGSS should be banned as it makes atheism the state religion. He has a long history of activism and lawsuits. In 1999 when he addressed a state school board he called himself a "geologist."<br /><br />They all do that. Every time there's a school board meeting on the topic of teaching the "weaknesses of evolution", the crackpots show up, bragging about their doctorates bought from a diploma mill on Vanuatu, demanding they be called "Doctor", wearing lab coats when they have never entered a laboratory, and, in the now-trending fad among crackpots, donning Indiana Jones fedoras and calling themselves paleontologists.Diogeneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551943619872944637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20067416.post-42334502785124196442015-01-11T16:52:51.210-05:002015-01-11T16:52:51.210-05:00Colour me surprised. Next you will be telling us t...Colour me surprised. Next you will be telling us that Denyse, Barry and Gordon (KairosFocus) Mullings don't have the qualifications to talk about science. <br /><br />Now where will I go to get my scientific information?William Spearshakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09354659259971103985noreply@blogger.com