[chuck]Well, we ran into a bit of a snag, so we’re going to take a timeout and try the podcast again soon. The subject: Kent Hovind’s “Doctoral” “Dissertation.”
Good times, I promise. It should be up this Wednesday the 6th.
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Quoth Wikipedia:
The school’s current policies allow students to attain bachelor’s degrees, master’s degrees and even “Doctor of Ministry” degrees in months, rather than years, for as little as $25 per month. Currently Patriot offers a monthly fee, unlike most universities, which only charge per-credit fees.[10] Bartelt has stated Hovind’s doctoral dissertation is evidence of the poor requirements at Patriot and that Hovind lacks knowledge of basic science.[8] Bartelt noted that Hovind’s dissertaton is incomplete (contains four chapters totaling 101 pages, but Hovind’s introduction claims the work is 250 pages with 16 chapters), of low academic quality, with poor writing, poor spelling, and poor grammatical style. Bartelt asserts that pages are repeated, references are absent, and it is not an original work with original ideas.[8] In the past when questioned about his education and qualifications, Hovind has said his critics use ad hominem arguments.[7] Patriot Bible University has issued similar comments.[11] Patriot will not send copies of Hovind’s doctoral dissertation except with his permission.[8] As a general rule, doctoral dissertations are published by the associated university and made available to the public, so that other students conducting research in similar areas may use the information in the dissertation as a reference.[8] Although one copy of the dissertation is on file at the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) the organization is not able to provide it on request because of copyright and distribution restrictions.[8]
This should be really good. I can’t wait. A friend of mine just found out who Kent Hovind is so I will get another fan of you guys on this one I am sure.