Kered.org/Blog » science http://kered.org/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:25:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 "Conservapedia" http://kered.org/blog/2008-06-30/conservapedia/ http://kered.org/blog/2008-06-30/conservapedia/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:13:42 +0000 derek http://kered.org/blog/2008-06-30/conservapedia/ There was a really interesting story about a month back about a scientist who has grown a culture of e-coli over 20 years, and discovered a series of mutations leading to an ability to metabolize citrate – something never before observed in this species. Well, this has apparently angered the anti-evolution crowd at “conservapedia” (which was founded because wikipedia was supposedly too liberal), and they’ve taken to discrediting the guy. Hilarity ensues. :)

http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/conservapedias-evolutionary-foibles.ars
http://www.conservapedia.com/Conservapedia:Lenski_dialog

Reminds me of one of my favorite Steven Colbert quotes: “reality has a well known liberal bias” =P

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