tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post8721831599400924298..comments2024-01-30T19:45:36.648+11:00Comments on Lounge of the Lab Lemming: Cool-aid, creationism, and the communist threatC W Mageehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-36829299263877443022007-02-14T17:58:00.000+11:002007-02-14T17:58:00.000+11:00Eli,Nobody at his home institution has a problem w...Eli,<BR/>Nobody at his home institution has a problem with him. The thing that really pissed me off about this is that, even though everyone who has actually worked with him has nice things to say, the journalist went halfway across the country to find some people who have never met Ross, who are in a field so different that they can't possibly peer-review his research, but who are none-the-lessC W Mageehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09706100504739548720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-37518355748222241712007-02-14T12:04:00.000+11:002007-02-14T12:04:00.000+11:00Oh yeah, it's Kool-Aid, drunk the stuff myself.Oh yeah, it's Kool-Aid, drunk the stuff myself.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-17237565459306553012007-02-14T12:03:00.000+11:002007-02-14T12:03:00.000+11:00While not sure that there is a perfect answer, let...While not sure that there is a perfect answer, let me point out that a Ph.D. is a professional degree and to a significant extent the holder represents both the university and the profession.EliRabetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957002964638398767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20092824.post-67200835596558533892007-02-14T04:34:00.000+11:002007-02-14T04:34:00.000+11:00What mainly seems to be getting people's knickers ...What mainly seems to be getting people's knickers in a twist is that he does now seem to be using the fact he has a PhD, awarded for work which assumes an old earth, to give authority to 'scientific' arguments for a young earth (he is teaching at one of those places where you have to sign a statement affiriming your belief in biblical literacy, after all). <BR/><BR/>As you say, the work appears Chris Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923865059164569384noreply@blogger.com