Posted: Nov 22, 2010 10:26 am
Darwinsbulldog wrote:Andy McIntosh is either a lying cunt, or stupid or both! One thing is for sure, he is not a scientist. I don't care if he hold a chair in science. he is an impostor as a scientist, betrayed by his own words. No science starts with "....I believe X as fact, and then proceeds to "prove" it. Because it can't be proven, or even supported by evidence, unless you ignore the evidence. He is deliberate about his confirmation bias. [At least in that he is honest]. he is not in the science business, he is in the apologetics business. At least when he talks about these topics. he should be stripped of his Professorship. He is not a teacher of science, but a propagandist for woo.
All this, "I believe, I believe".....and I am not a scientists but...by another panel member.
McIntosh is not a scientist; he's an engineering by training, having done his PhD in the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield University. His first degree is in maths. At best he's a chemical engineer. I was a contemporary of McIntosh at Cranfield; the place then simply did not offer qualifications in the natural sciences - just engineering and management.
However, in the key areas that are covered by creationism - geology and biology, he's totally and completely unqualified. According to his CV on the web site of AiG, he doesn't even have an O level in biology or geology - not even in geography which overlaps a bit with geology.
Phil Robinson, the NI bigot in the programme, is a PE teacher by training! Talk about someone from obscurity.
If you go to our web site at www.bcseweb.org.uk there's a load of updated stuff on Northern Ireland. You can access it through our home page.