Scientific American Gives Up 523
IvyMike writes "The April issue Scientific American opens with a Perspectives column titled Okay, We Give Up. It opens, 'For years, helpful letter writers told us to stick to science. They pointed out that science and politics don't mix. They said we should be more balanced in our presentation of such issues as creationism, missile defense and global warming. We resisted their advice and pretended not to be stung by the accusations that the magazine should be renamed Unscientific American, or Scientific Unamerican, or even Unscientific Unamerican. But spring is in the air, and all of nature is turning over a new leaf, so there's no better time to say: you were right, and we were wrong.'"
Nice. (Score:5, Funny)
How American.
Now that's laziness (Score:5, Funny)
6 April fools jokes in a row makes this... (Score:3, Funny)
unfunny
DUPRt (Score:2, Funny)
April Fools Day... (Score:1, Funny)
and everyone's a comedian
Scientific Unamerican? (Score:2, Funny)
Paris (Score:5, Funny)
Giggles. (Score:5, Funny)
*Parts of this statement may be false.
Scientific Amercian Gives Up (Score:4, Funny)
OMG (Score:5, Funny)
Best Line in the article: (Score:5, Funny)
I laughed out loud, even though I'm alone in the room. No joke.
It's nice to finally see some... (Score:3, Funny)
What's good about living on the west coast? (Score:2, Funny)
Ain't it great?
Re:Creationism, Environment, etc. (Score:3, Funny)
Cure for blindess.. well.. we got one.. but we needed to borrow a few stem cells.. so you wont be wanting that one huh ?
CD players.. oops.. LASERS.. sorry.. based on theories (and remember.. they're only *theories*, right) which don't seem to involve God in the creation and maintenance of the universe.. so we'll have that back then.. ta..
Antibiotics.. hmm.. but if you got fatally ill then surely it's God's will.. and who are we to question his (intentional case) wishes..
You keep the chickens.. we'll go with the Alligators.. apparently they turn into chickens anyway if you leave them long enough...
Re:Creationism, Environment, etc. (Score:1, Funny)
Ummm...creationism belongs in science curriculums! Students should be presented with both sides. It should be up to them to decide if some magical evolutional THEORY is true, or if they believe the CORRECT historical accounts of talking snakes in gardens. I thought we were mature enough as a society to throw out such outrageous theories like creationism. If I had my way, the Pythagorean theorem would also not be taught!
And for global warming....what global warming!!! It is still cold in the winter! Burning millions of tons of fossil fuels daily couldn't impact our earth! It is large! Chunks of coal are small!
One day, our society will stop being so blatently ignorant and start looking at the TRUTH!
Re:Slashdot, please stop. Please. (Score:2, Funny)
The object is not to fool you, pinhead, it's to present the fake articles produced by geeky news sites around the net.
Surely, user 22596, you know the drill by this time, yet every year the whiners turn out with their stumpy moralism about how April Fool's Day ought to be run.
Please spend one day a year without slashdot and allow those without your Protestant rectitude to see if they can't make some amusing bits from the raw materials provided by the stories.
Re:Nice. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:They protest too much... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Sure it's a joke... (Score:4, Funny)
We need to fix our educational system by covering all of these types of topics equally as well:
P.S. It's turtles all the way down.
Re:Creationism, Environment, etc. (Score:2, Funny)
Just make sure you inplement fly() AFTER you have removed all references to eat_human().
Re:Giggles. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:sigh (Score:5, Funny)
I hope you're enjoying your vacation on Mars, or wherever the fuck it is you've been for the last few years.
Re:Sure it's a joke... (Score:3, Funny)