Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Nathaniel Jeanson, Stealth Ph. D.

Nate was a Creationist, who hated bugs and blood,
And he wondered, "What's the perfect job for me?"
He could spread the word of Jesus, the Creation, and the Flood,
If he got a Harvard Medical Degree!

It would give him credibility, and earn him some respect,
And would help him to evangelize, he said.
Since he claimed a higher calling--there were souls he must protect--
It's ok if his advisors were misled.

His profs expected honesty; they treated him with trust.
Did they mold him to a scientist? They tried...
When he found a contradiction, he would manage as he must;
He just murmured "What would Jesus do?", and lied.

With degree in hand, and facing competition for a job,
Why, he found a path much easier by far!
"Why bother with competing with the Harvard Med School mob,
I can lie for Jesus, at the I.C.R.!"

Now he's got a shiny title; he'll do research, speak, and write,
With his Harvard cred to use and to abuse,
And he'll make "eternal friends" (a fact which brings him great delight),
While the people who need medicine? ... they lose.


Cuttlecap tip to PZ, of course.

5 comments:

Bob O'H said...

In fairness to Jeanson, he might not have lied. Stem cell research is far enough away from evolutionary biology that it's perfectly possible to work on it as a YEC.

immunologger said...
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Bob O'H said...

Immunologger, are you aware of how weak your evidence for dishonesty is? You're reduced to innuendo.

I'm not happy about a creationist getting a PhD in biology, but I'm even less happy at smearing someone just because you don't like their motivation.

If Jeanson uses his credentials to present himself as an expert on evolutionary biology, then he will be dishonest. But until then, I'd prefer not to indulge in ad hominem attacks.

immunologger said...

there is nothing i can do if you intend to hold on to your belief that "stem cell research is far enough away from evolutionary biology that it's perfectly possible to work on it as a YEC." (... and presumably not be dishonest.)

he has already started using his credentials to present himself as an expert in evolution...
http://img194.yfrog.com/i/evolutionabankruptscien.jpg/

for more evidence of his dishonesty, one should look at his research funding proposals and the justification for carrying out stem cell research in mice that he has offered in his phd thesis.

Tom Schneider said...

See:
http://users.fred.net/tds/leftdna#evidencepress2022jan19