Ben Stein On Glenn Beck: No Intelligence Evident

Because I hate myself I listen to Glenn Beck, and he had Ben Stein on today... for a full hour. And because I really hate myself I listened. Stein is a smug, self-aggrandizing stupid man. Stein, a Jew, seems to have shifted old conspiracies about his people on to atheists claiming that they are "in charge of the Media"... weird.

Stein: We ask "Can Darwinism explain possibly explain gravity?"... Even the most ardent Darwinist scientist said 'No, It can't"

No, you moron. That's like asking a Geologist "Can plate tectonics possibly explain Photosynthesis?" Does he know the first thing about Darwinian natural selection, and what it can and cannot explain. Stein seems to think that because biological evolution can't describe gravity (or any other physical laws) it can't possibly be true. Is he possibly that ignorant?

Ben Stein is one big giant argument from incredulity: "I don't understand it, therefore Goddidit"

Stein: There's no observation yet, ever, of a separate species evolving. There's no fossil record, there's no record of any kind of a separate species. Microevolution within species is a well documented fact, but evolution of new species has not been shown to happen yet. Maybe it will be shown some day. Even so, where do the governing principles of the universe come from?

Is Kent Hovind writing his material from prison? This is pure young-earth creationist talk. And again, he brings up evolutions inability to explaining the origin of the laws of the universe. Perhaps he should have made a movie about cosmology. Maybe in that one he'd rant about Einsteinism can't explain biochemistry.

He then goes on to talk about his interview with Dawkins, and basically twists what Dawkins says about Aliens and Panspermia. I haven't seen the movie so I can't comment on the context of this but I'm willing to bet that he (Dawkins) was using Aliens/panspermia as an example of scientifically testable intelligent design. Of course, Stein uses this to portray Dawkins as some UFO nutter.

I'm only 5 minutes into this interview. Stein is like a supernova of stupid.

Stein: (Talking about scientists) The rule is you can allow anything into your debate but God

No, not true at all. You also can't allow Santa Claus, fairies, wizards or Dr. Strange either. How bout this for his next movie "Expelled: No Sorcery Allowed"

He then calls Newton the greatest scientific genius of all time. Yeah, Okay Stein. You know all about Newtons work I'm sure. His pointing being that: Newton believed in God, ipso facto god exists. If that's his logic Alchemy must also exists because Newton believed it.

Stein: Darwinism is just Atheism in search of a theory not a theory that proves atheism

It's neither... asshole. For the next few minutes Beck and Stein gush about how much their fellow morons loved this movie. I'm only at the 7:48 mark so far and I'm done. I can't do this anymore the rest is just Steins revisionist history about the holocaust, which is just so tasteless I can't be bothered to transcribe anymore of this crap.

I think we need to start a fund so we can buy Stein some textbooks. He seems really confused about science.

Update: So much for my No Sorcery Allowed idea. Apparently his next movie will be about the "War on Christmas". Great, another movie to whip up Conservative furor. Should be fun.