Not being Attenborough, I couldn't think of anything better to say.

Ben Stein Fucks With Everyone
I am convinced that this whole thing with Expelled and the media junkets that go with it are a gigantic prank on Ben Stein's part. Sure, there's probably a money-making aspect to it, but I think his main motivation has got to be 'Let's see just how wacky I can make my statements, and still get these people to agree with me." Probably also an element of, "Let's see how much of a frenzy I can work the scientific community in to," while he's at it.

Seriously, if nothing else, Ben Stein is a well-read man, and it just smacks of satire to me when he starts spouting things like, "When we just saw that man, I think it was Mr. Myers, talking about how great scientists were, I was thinking to myself the last time any of my relatives saw scientists telling them what to do they were telling them to go to the showers to get gassed." Or when he goes on to say, "Love of God and compassion and empathy leads you to a very glorious place, and science leads you to killing people."

He's got to have been giggling to himself when the host of the interview nodded and agreed with him.

This is not to say the charade isn't incredibly stupid, or that people should stop making fun of Ben Stein when he says these things, but I really think he's just trying to fuck with people, and see how far he can take this thing before the Intelligent Design folk and fundamentalists realize they're the butt of a very, very elaborate joke.

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