PZ Myers and his blog Pharyngula have long been essential reads for me. So I was distressed to hear that PZ is being sued by some litigous kook named Stuart Pivar who has his knickers in a twist over some bad reviews PZ wrote (which may be read here and here) about his silly little book
Anyone who would file a lawsuit over a bad review of a biology book has no understanding of the scientific method, no respect for public discourse, and (in Pivar's case) no understanding of the law of defamation. Ironically, one of the things that stuck in Mr. Pivar's craw was the fact that PZ called him a "classic crackpot." By filing his lawsuit, Mr. Pivar has inadvertently validated this description.
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