October 27

The Lenski Affair

damhnait:

TMN linked to a piece on internet rules and laws today, among which was Danth’s Law which states that “if you have to insist you’ve won an internet argument, you’ve probably lost badly”.

Danth’s Law was most famously declared in “The Lenski Affair”, between microbiologist Richard Lenski and the editor of Conservapedia.com, Andrew Schlafly, who cast doubt upon Prof Lenski’s elegant experimental demonstration of evolution.

After what is widely held to be one of the greatest and most comprehensive put-downs in scientific argument from Prof Lenski, Mr Schlafly declared himself the winner.

Absolutely magical and incredibly satisfying exchange.

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