Scientists visit the Creation Museum

[jerseydevil77]

I've been waiting for something like this to happen. The North American Paleontological Convention was held in Cincinnati recently, and they held a bus trip to the Creation Museum not far away in Kentucky. Needless to say, the scientists were pretty shocked and appalled at what they saw. I've been looking forward to hearing the views of

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[langostino]

It's named for the Roman dictator Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, and in honour of George Washington.

Cincinnatus was an old school, conservative patrician who preferred to stay on his farm and . . . farm it, I guess. After the Aequians totally pwned the Roman army, Cincinnatus was unanimously elected dictator by the Senate. Receiving word, he left his harvesting where it was, hopped on his horse, whipped some Aequian ass, and then came back to finish up his farmwork, without even stopping back by Rome for a triumphal parade. He was offered another term as dictator but refused it.

Washington, upon stepping down after his second term, consciously promoted the image of himself as Cincinnatus, and there are several paintings and cartoons of Washington as Cincinnatus from that period.

Cincinnatus means "curly", and it's cognate to the English word kinky (c in classical Latin is pronounced k).

[langostino]

Pardon, upon reflection I recall that Washington's fame as a modern Cincinnatus was due to his refusal to remain the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army after the Revolution ended, or to convert his considerable popularity and military control into political power. His cultivation of the image was therefore in the period between the Revolution and his first term as President.

[jerseydevil77]

lovely thanks!