Ray "Crackpot" Comfort

This blog-post is my take on how to deal with crackpots. The answer is simple: you don't deal with them. You just let them blabber.

On Darwin day, free copies of the Origin Of Species were distributed at MIT. I happened to be one of the people receiving a copy. I was puzzled when I saw them distribute it. What could a scientific work like that be beneficial to the distributor ? Soon I found out. The book had a Special Introduction that tried to override Darwin's thesis and try to belittle him as a person.

Here is a super-awesome hilarious video assault on the gimmickry of Ray Comfort - the author of that introduction - and a fitting example of a Crackpot.

Here are a few more gimmicks by Ray Comfort:
http://www.pulltheplugonatheism.com/
http://www.livingwaters.com/

Here are two more examples of masterpieces (of foolishness):
http://www.answersingenesis.org/
http://www.wayofthemaster.com/

Now the question is: you can spend time debating these issues. But is it something that you should spend your time on ? No. The solution is to simply ignore these idiots and just let them rejoice in their idiotic beliefs. There is only so much you can do to heal a crackpot mind, but there are more exciting things in life to do and more important problems to worry about. It is just amazing: how screwed up can a person be ?

There is a well-designed motive behind doing this: it is an easy route to fame and to catch the public eye. That's all it is. So, the best response to this is: stop listening to them and stop arguing with them.

As far as I am concerned, this is the first and last time I am going to talk about this whole Intelligent Design bullshit.