No, Stanley, this is not how we do science

[Ian David]

No, Stanley, this is not how we do science

Category: Weirdness
Posted on: September 18, 2009 12:14 PM, by PZ Myers

All I can say is…gack!



More:
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/09/no_stanley_this_is_not_how_we.php


Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/sciencecomedian/statuses/4084689866

[Taverner]

1. Anyone notice the Confederate Flag in the right corner?

Explains it all

[Aragorn]

4. yes I did

and today I saw a new one (to me) - a combination of our Texas state flag and the confederate flag. I'll spare the graphic details (get it?) but it was on the north side of Hwy 80 between Dallas and Longview.

[Aragorn]

5. 1 more thing

the flag in this display is incorrect - look how many stars! Not much for detail work, this kid, huh?

[FSogol]

2. Was the topic, "the effects of gasoline of fire" already taken?

:shrug: Hope the little f'er got an F.

[laconicsax]

3. It's still better science than the Discovery Institute can muster.

Notice how the kid makes a prediction and tests it.

[Dead_Parrot]

8. Yeah - technically, this IS how you do science

It's just that, in this case, the science really didn't need doing.

Hypothesis: Most people prefer the taste of jelly donuts to that of chicken shit.
Equipment required: Cosh, duct tape, incontinent chicken, blender, funnel, jelly donuts.
Experimental process:...

[Igel]

6. Eh.

My alumni rag showed up yesterday and I thumbed through it while waiting for my kid's bus. A picture of a glowing thing in a jar rigged up with wires caught my attention.

It was a "kosher dill transmogrifier", and they were running who knows how many amps through a pickle until it was glowing yellowish-white. Other "experiments" dealt with X-raying marshmallows, IIRC.

To what did we owe this glorious picture, stunningly hilarious caption, and 2/3 page description of the affair that spawned such "science"? A multi-day summer camp for teenage girls, to show them how wonderful science was and to awaken their curiosity and imaginations, funded by the apparently excess funds by either the great state of Oregon or the federal government.

Tax dollars went towards electrocuting a pickle, in other words, in the name of science.

I'm unconvinced that microwaving worms fails to meet this lofty standard.

[Ian David]

7. Pickles don't suffer. n/t