Stones and Bones

I became actively involved in the creationist anti-science debate over 20 years ago while the Curator of Anthropology, and Director of Education for the Orange County Museum of Natural History. ******** Disclaimer: Comments are the responsiblity of their author(s). Their opinions, linked materials and comments are not necessarily those of Gary S. Hurd. I reserve the right to delete any material for any reason.

Friday, May 24, 2013

Scientific Fact, Theory, and Law: A creationist tutorial

There is a common error made by creationists discussing evolution regarding the ideas of "fact," "scientific theory,...

Tuesday, May 07, 2013

Kent Hovind's resume derived from public documents

This is a short examination of creationist Kent Hovind's phony "Doctorate," and claims of being a "high school science te...

Thursday, March 07, 2013

A big frustration

I have said for years that I would not get sucked into the global warming debate. Warming is real. It is likely to end the current global ci...

Thursday, February 28, 2013

GermsGermsGerms

There is the frequent assertion that evolutionary biology is wrong because.... well, just because. Mostly because creationists don't lik...

Sunday, February 24, 2013

This is too good to miss

I have recently written a brief comment on the ENCODE project, and the great joy the creationists have taken with their overstated "pr...

Saturday, February 23, 2013

This came over the transom from a Christian site:

Hello i am Christiana by name a young pretty girl is my pleasure to meet you,so how are you doing i hope all is well with you.I come acro...

Sunday, February 17, 2013

While I have been busy, I came across Chris Rodda

A teahadist creationist named Linda Athens has been writing extremist bullshit for the Kingman, Az "Daily Miner." Here is an examp...

Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Winter fishing

I have maintained some psychic equilibrium by fishing. Even the winter bite has been fairly good, especially when we have good bait. The ...

Friday, January 04, 2013

Ms. Chatman goes balistically stupid

She watched the propaganda film, "Expelled." And because we know Ms. Chatman so well, her tiny brain predictably exploded. For ...

Tuesday, January 01, 2013

We had a great day fishing

Dec. 31, 2012 aboard the Clemente out of Dana Warf. In other news, life goes on. Best Wishes for a Happy New Year! By the way, I a...

Monday, December 24, 2012

I am not an astrophysicist, but I don't need to be one.

I have my news feed tuned to show articles with any connection to evolution, creationism, science education, and a half-dozen other tags. In...

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Here is a rare "you must go see this" post.

This is a great, and short response to the creatocrap about the Grand Canyon.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Deleted by the Kingman Arizona "Daily Miner"

I wrote a reply to the following creatocrap. It was deleted due to "excessive length." Linda Athens Wednesday, December 19, 201...

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

The Augusta Chronicle

I made a few posts yesterday to the Augusta Chronicle following a published Letter to the Editor by a typically ignorant creationist. As ...

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Junk DNA, and Junk Creationism

(Heads up Feb. 24, 2013: There is a new paper "On the immortality of television sets: “function” in the human genome according to the e...

Tuesday, December 04, 2012

Creatocrap from James Nienhuis, Article 1, part 2

Link to Part 1 Nearly all cultures surveyed by ethnographers have a creation myth. They have some common features. They delineate a "...

Monday, December 03, 2012

Creatocrap from James Nienhuis, Article 1, part 1

I was pointed to the "scientific proofs" for young earth creationism published by a man called James I. Nienhuis, and his website ...

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

The opening lines from Mrs. Chatman's latest screed...

There is a great deal of controversy over how old the earth is. Darwinian evolution has a theory that the earth is millions and billions of ...

Saturday, November 24, 2012

I had decided to limit the time I waste on Mrs. Chatman's foolishness. She seems to have no readers other than a few pro-science reader...

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Mrs. Chatman's items #2 and 3

Mrs. Chatman makes some very weird assertions. One that is outstandingly weird is; "2. It is not known what light really is or if it...

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About Me

Gary S. Hurd: My first research fellowships were in Chemistry, and Anthropology. I received a doctorate in Social Science (emphasis in Anthropology) from the University of California, Irvine in 1976. For the next 10 years I was a medical researcher and professor of psychiatry leaving the Medical College of Georgia in 1985. I held numerous adjunct appointments and returned full-time to archaeology, my first interest. I have received honors for teaching and research and involved dozens of undergraduate students in published research.

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