“… reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled.”

— Richard Feynman

If you thought that biological evolution was the only science being attacked by the religious nutjobs in the US, think again. A Bush appointed fuckwit in the NASA press office is trying his best to wedge religion into astronomy: [via Bad Astronomy]

The Big Bang is “not proven fact; it is opinion,” Mr. Deutsch wrote, adding, “It is not NASA’s place, nor should it be to make a declaration such as this about the existence of the universe that discounts intelligent design by a creator.”

Makes me want to hit something.

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe….”

— Albert Einstein