Re: paleonet The Evolution Deceit Group

[Ben Waggoner <benw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jay Schneider wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Sounds like the Harun Yahya contingent from Turkey.  They keep track
> of hundreds of email addresses of scientists, and also compile email
> addresses of plain folks who post pro-evolution messages on usenet. 
> Check out Reports of the National Center for Science Education, vol.
> 19, no. 4, Nov/Dec 1999, for a lot of information on them.  There was
> also an article on this group in Science a few weeks back.  Get used
> to seeing more creationism from Turkey as they're very active.

Tell me about it -- I got back from NAPC to find what
appears to be creationist Spam in Turkish in my Inbox,
and at least one other colleague got the same thing.

A brief extract: "Bu konuda aralarinda kesin bir uzlasma 
yoktur, ancak genel iddiaya gore, kuyruksuz maymunlar 
ve evrimcilerin "insanimsi" (hominid) adli bir sinifa 
dahil ettikleri diger tur maymunlar (yani cesitli 
Australopithecus turleri) ortak bir atadan gelmisler ve 
5-10 milyon yil once birbirlerinden ayrilmislardir."

Boy, *that* ought to convince the Arkansas legislature.

-- 

Ben

I guess I should be flattered that the senders juat 
assumed that I can read Turkish. . .