Don’t take my word for it. Read his asinine column in the WaPo, and then read Gary Stix’s (SciAm) and P.Z. Myer’s responses. I’m a bit too flabbergasted to write coherently about it, but P.Z. Myers does a pretty good job of rubbing his nose in it.
Don’t take my word for it. Read his asinine column in the WaPo, and then read Gary Stix’s (SciAm) and P.Z. Myer’s responses. I’m a bit too flabbergasted to write coherently about it, but P.Z. Myers does a pretty good job of rubbing his nose in it.
Fuck, that’s really disappointing; I usually love Cohen.
The largest flaw with the piece, imo, is that he’s romanticizing the whole thing: “Can’t do math? Just focus on becoming a successful writer!” Come on. If she failed algebra (ALGEBRA) six fucking times, she’s probably not a very good writer either. In fact, she’s probably mentally retarded.