{"id":2507,"date":"2016-12-02T20:38:50","date_gmt":"2016-12-03T01:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?p=2507"},"modified":"2016-12-02T20:38:50","modified_gmt":"2016-12-03T01:38:50","slug":"taking-the-science-world-by-storm-um-ok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?p=2507","title":{"rendered":"Taking the Science World by Storm? Um, OK."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"intelligent_design_t_shirt_product-01\"<\/a>Paul Nelson, of intelligent design’s Discovery Institute fame, will be infecting Florida with a new documentary film that is supposedly “Taking the Science World by Storm.”<\/a> He’ll be schlepping around Tampa, Tarpon Springs and Port Richey Saturday through Monday. His tour includes a film showing at the\u00c2\u00a0University of South Florida, Gibbons Alumni Center and an appearance at the\u00c2\u00a0C.S. Lewis Society Coastal Holiday Luncheon.<\/p>\n

If you happen to be in the area and feel like enduring something akin to driving a rusty spoon through your eye socket, please consider attending one of the events and reporting back to us what it was like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Paul Nelson, of intelligent design’s Discovery Institute fame, will be infecting Florida with a new documentary film that is supposedly “Taking the Science World by Storm.” He’ll be schlepping around Tampa, Tarpon Springs and Port Richey Saturday through Monday. 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