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Darwin’s Disease

by John Cole|  September 13, 20059:54 am| 17 Comments

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I was reading this piece on Darwin and Intelligent Design, and one line stood out:

So what would Charles Darwin have to say about the dust-up between today’s evolutionists and intelligent designers?

Probably nothing.

Shy and reclusive, Darwin disliked argument. He also was plagued by poor health. In particular, he suffered from terrible flatulence that made him reluctant to venture out in public.

Even after he became one of the most famous and controversial men of his time, he was always content to let surrogates argue his case.

I am not sure the Chicago Tribune has accurately depicted who suffers when an individual has flatulence.

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  1. 1.

    Demdude

    September 13, 2005 at 10:05 am

    Is this where the “Big Bang” Theory got it’s start?

  2. 2.

    Vlad

    September 13, 2005 at 10:06 am

    Heh. Not quite as good as Tycho Brahe’s elk, but pretty good nonetheless.

  3. 3.

    kenB

    September 13, 2005 at 10:37 am

    Considerate people do indeed “suffer” from flatulence — the retention effort can be considerable, the search for appropriate emission sites annoying.

  4. 4.

    jobiuspublius

    September 13, 2005 at 10:38 am

    There is no more potent flatulance than the one that even the “flatutor” suffers from terribly. He never did obtain a professorship did he?

  5. 5.

    Pb

    September 13, 2005 at 10:40 am

    Darwin always was an old fart…

  6. 6.

    rayabacus

    September 13, 2005 at 10:54 am

    I think we all know what the problem is: Bush doesn’t care about bloggers

    Heh, heh.

  7. 7.

    rayabacus

    September 13, 2005 at 11:11 am

    OOPS. Wrong paste.

    Darwin always was an old fart…

    Heh, heh.

    Preview, preview.

  8. 8.

    sean

    September 13, 2005 at 11:16 am

    Darwin was on to something. We have evolved. I no longer “suffer” from flatulence. In fact, I quite enjoy it sometimes.

  9. 9.

    Mr Furious

    September 13, 2005 at 11:31 am

    Maybe that’s what forced him out to sea for years. No one around to point out who “dealt it” on the Galápagos.

  10. 10.

    sean

    September 13, 2005 at 11:43 am

    Mr. Furious brings up a good point – maybe Darwin went to the Galapagos to perfect the “turtle” technique*

    * for the uninitiated, it is similar to the “Dutch Oven”

  11. 11.

    Krista

    September 13, 2005 at 12:09 pm

    We have evolved. I no longer “suffer” from flatulence. In fact, I quite enjoy it sometimes.

    As do those around you, no doubt.

  12. 12.

    Jim Allen

    September 13, 2005 at 12:41 pm

    If his flatulence made a sound like “honda-honda”, it would indicate an addiction to absinthe.

    Because we all know that absinthe makes the fart go “honda”.

  13. 13.

    circlethewagons

    September 13, 2005 at 12:45 pm

    Sean, it seems to me to be a variation on the “crop dusting” technique.

    Only with a boat.

    Dispersal on the high seas…

  14. 14.

    farmgirl

    September 13, 2005 at 1:00 pm

    Jim — I am *so* glad I swallowed my coffee before reading your comment.

  15. 15.

    docG

    September 13, 2005 at 3:08 pm

    Do you suppose the Intelligent Designer has the designees pull her finger on occasion?

  16. 16.

    goonie bird

    September 13, 2005 at 3:39 pm

    Evolutionists are so full of balonie they could start their own delicatesen and so full of bull they would moo and so full of malarkey they could lie on a mile high stack of bibles

  17. 17.

    skip

    September 14, 2005 at 8:20 am

    No wonder Cheney spends all that time hiding underground at Raven Rock! I assume the place has plenty of charcoal filters given its proximity to the PA coal mines.

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