2008-06-24 Lenski gives ConservapÃƒÂ¦dia a lesson

2008-06-24 PZ Myers Pharyngula \Conservapedia\Richard Lenski\Andrew Schlafly http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/06/lenski_gives_conservapdia_a_le.php Lenski gives Conservap&aelig;dia a lesson &ldquo;Once again, Richard Lenski has replied to the goons and fools at Conservap&aelig;dia, and boy, does he ever outclass them. For a quick outline of the saga, read this summary at A Candid World...&rdquo; &ldquo;Once again, Richard Lenski has replied to the goons and fools at Conservap&aelig;dia, and boy, does he ever outclass them. For a quick outline of the saga, read this summary at A Candid World; basically, Andy Schlafly has been demanding every bit of data from Richard Lenski's work on the evolution of E. coli, despite the fact that Schlafly doesn't have the background to understand it and doesn't have any plan for what he would do with it if he got it. Lenski has been polite and helpful in his replies; his first response is a model for how to explain difficult science to a bullying ideologue. Now his second response is available, and while he has clearly lost some patience and is unequivocal in denouncing their bad faith efforts to discredit good science, he still gives an awfully good and instructional discussion.&rdquo;   