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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI wouldn't be surprised to see this guy's views touted here...
Hey, why not?
We have anti-vaccination loons.
Anti-GMO hysterics.
And so on, "I don't understand science so it is BAD!"
#1530: Rick DeLano
Like intelligent design creationists there are plenty of groups of weird kooks on the Internet who lament the fact that their particular brand of alternatives to mainstream science (i.e. anti-science) isnt taken seriously or e.g. given equal time in public schools. Teach the controversy, is the common battle cry, and for Rick DeLano, the really controversial idea is heliocentrism, which he rejects. He has even produced a documentary on the subject, The Principle, in which he interviewed several real scientists and clipped it to make it appear as if modern cosmology is in trouble and that his completely ridiculous delusion is somehow respectable and taken seriously even by people like Lawrence Krauss, who was interviewed but, uh, expressed dissatisfaction with the editing. DeLano also, famously, got Kate Mulgrew to narrate it, though according to her he was not particularly forthcoming with what claim the documentary was going to promote.
The documentary is based on the views of Robert Sungenis, and DeLano proudly admits to never having finished high school or had any relevant education so he is certainly not corrupted by the status quo. Like all anti-science fanatics, DeLano readily admits that I have great respect for science. However, [w]here I become offended is when people ignore the evidence, which is an interesting statement given the approach he takes in his documentary. They havent proven that something can come from nothing, argues DeLano, which
isnt particularly relevant to anything whatsoever. And science refuses to consider the evidence because science is an atheistic conspiracy to undermine the Bible. So much for loving it.
http://americanloons.blogspot.ca/2015/11/1530-rick-delano.html
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)Rats, someone finally figured it out. When I was in college I KNEW the physics professor was wrong when we had those secret meetings at night.
"Don't worry, they'll never find out" That bastard!
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)But then I'm not in the habit of insulting DUers.
Enrique
(27,461 posts)imho.