CBEB’s Discovery Institute post-debate spin T-Shirt contest
Not long after this post went up, the post-debate wrap-up thread at Uncommon Descent disappeared. I guess it was one of those UD posts composed of Tardium 404. While the thread announcing the debate is still up as of this writing, this link gets you nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Wanna know why? Uncommon Descent, Ceiling Cat is watching you. Do you think UD will post link to the mp3 of the debate?
A commenter in the debate thread at Pharyngula brought up the subject of T-shirts commemorating the debate. In honor of the debate - and to memorialize the fallen thread at Uncommon Descent - I’m going to hold a contest.
The folks at the Discovery Institute can never let well enough alone. Sooner or later, someone’s going to have to spin the debate, if only to give a DI Fellow an opportunity to engage in some atheist bashing. Here’s my proposal:
Whoever correctly names the DI Fellow who authors the press release and comes closest to guessing the date the press release is published will win one of the “Ignorance is not Evidence” T-Shirts, courtesy of CBEB’s. For example - and I’m going to use this as my official prediction - I’m going to say that Robert Crowther will author the press release, which will be put online Monday, February 4, 2008.
The rules are simple: the press release must be authored by a DI Fellow (or DI CSC Fellow), which means no Denyse O’Leary, DaveScot or Salvador Cordova spin will qualify. Furthermore, with one exception, the press release must be published under the auspices of the Discovery Institute. The sole exception is a William Dembski-authored post at Uncommon Descent. In other words, if Casey Luskin spams Pharyngula with debate-related spin, it won’t count. It should go without saying that Discovery Institute employees and their relatives and/or people with posting privileges at Uncommon Descent are ineligible. Citizens of Antarctica are also ineligible. If two people guess the same author/date, the first person to guess gets the T-shirt. If two people guess the same author, the person closest to the publishing date will win. If both guesses are the same amount of days apart, the person guessing the earlier date will win.
One guess per person, and the only dates within the month of February 2008 will qualify (I don’t want to have to keep track of this for 5 years…)
If someone wins, but no “Ignorance is Not Evidence” T-Shirts have been printed, I’ll leave it up to the winner to either wait or they can pick out an “I’m With The Banned” T-Shirt, Jersey or mug.
Let the predictions begin!
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February 1st, 2008 at 9:45 am
‘Twill be Luskin
and he will be able to regurgitate this by tomorrow, Ground Hog Day
February 1st, 2008 at 10:01 am
John West by the end of next week.
February 1st, 2008 at 10:22 am
Dembski, Feb 4th.
February 1st, 2008 at 10:57 am
I’m betting that Luskin will draw the unenviable task, go “Live With The Lie” today, Feb 1, by 3:00 PST, and this will begin a chain of events leading to a downward spiral for Luskin that only ends with Luskin, a male underage prostitute, a bottle of MD 20-20 and a helicopter-videoed chase through an otherwise peaceful Seattle neighborhood.
February 1st, 2008 at 12:22 pm
I’m honestly betting they’re going to try to sweep it under the rug entirely or proclaim victory for this mess, but if I had to say, I’d have to say Luskin on Monday, the 4th. I’m still leaning toward the Uncommon Decent tactic of just burying the evidence and walking away.
February 1st, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Dammit, Cephus beat me to my pick.
Oh well. Stephen Meyer on Monday the 4th.
February 3rd, 2008 at 9:57 am
Grrr.
For that, I’m not going to clear out my back-slashes.
Bob
February 3rd, 2008 at 10:39 am
damn that WordPress bug.
You’re eligible, Bob - I meant people with posting privileges like DLH, idnet.com.au, DaveScot, O’Leary, etc. Maybe I shoulda said “admin privileges”. Commenting privileges, cool.
btw, evolutionnews.org has been down for the past couple of days. I wonder if all the DI Fellows tried to post their spin at the same time and wound up breaking the internet.
February 5th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Hey, do I win if they never make the announcement and pretend it never happened?
April 17th, 2008 at 9:18 am
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