From: Ken Cox
To: All Nov-09-93 02:25PM
Subject: Re: t.o. & Evolution Echo Jargon File version 1.03
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
From: kcc@siesta.wustl.edu (Ken Cox)
Message-ID: <2bp5cp$9u8@wuecl.wustl.edu>
Newsgroups: talk.origins
In article <2bhb8c$aa4@tamsun.tamu.edu>,
Wesley Royce Elsberry wrote:
> The talk.origins/Evolution Echo Jargon File
I am proposing the following entries, but would like the group
to check them for accuracy. I am especially worried that my
interpretation of the scientific reactions might be distorted
by popularizations (not that I would mention any _particular_
Harvard paleontologist with the initials S.J.G. ;-). Also,
I'm not sure if I've got all the details right -- was it Peking
man or Java man that was lost, etc.? Thanks!
Nebraska man: (n) 1. A pig's tooth which was misidentified as
human and for a time led researchers to believe primitive [humans]
had been present in the Americas. Despite initial enthusiasm
about the find (particularly among American paleontologists --
"As we always thought, mankind originated in America", oh say
can you see et cetera), further examination correctly identified
the tooth, and the Nebraska man now serves as a fine example of
science's self-correcting properties. 2. An error which shows
how everything {evilutionist} scientists claim to known about
man's origins is mistaken [conn, {SciCre}].
Peking man: (n) 1. A hominid fossil discovered in China before
World War II. The original bones were lost during the Japanese
invasion of China, although castings survive. 2. An example
of the sinister {evilutionist} plot to conceal the truth about
man's origins by destroying physical evidence [conn, {SciCre}].
Piltdown man: (n) 1. A hoax in which a skull with both human and
ape-like features (actually, a chimera assembled from a modern
human cranium and an ape's jaw) was "discovered" in an English
quarry. Despite initial enthusiasm about the find (particularly
among British paleontologists -- "As we always thought, mankind
originated in Britain", rule Brittania et cetera), further
examination exposed the hoax, and the Piltdown man now serves as
a fine example of science's self-correcting properties. 2. A
hoax which shows how {evilutionists} have fabricated all their
so-called "evidence" about man's origins [conn, {SciCre}].
Selfish gene: (n) 1. A theory proposed by Richard Dawkins that
states that the unit of selection is the gene, not the organism.
The theory's rejection of the role of the organism in the selection
process is currently viewed as incorrect. 2. A catchphrase which,
like "survival of the fittest", can be distor -- er, _employed_ to
show that {evilutionists} are immoral [conn, {SciCre}].
Ken Cox
siesta.wustl.edu
