blogs.discovermagazine.com - 7/7/2009
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Ian O’Neill at Astroengine posted this stunning bit of video featuring Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen. It’s not that she says the Earth is 6000 years old — twice, just to make sure — that floors me. It’s the casual way she said it, as if she said "I had a cup of coffee today." From her ...
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Lakeshore —
... Arizona is 6000 years old? — Pssst. Hey. Conservative America. Listen up. Religion doesn't have to make you stupid. ...
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Mike Brotherton: SF Writer —
... More from the same department. Phil Plait links to a video of an Arizona State Senator casually dropping the age of the Earth as 6000 years in public discussion. As he says, way too often, the stupid, it burns! ...
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