PZ Myers and the Pivar-tion of justice

PZ Myers at Pharyngula is being sued. An art collector called Mr Pivar with strong but misguided views on evolution wrote a book about embryonic development ‘n’ shit. Right in PZ’s academic bailiwick.

PZ ran it over. Mr Pivar published a second edition, enrichified with hindsight. PZ then reversed over the remains.

And Mr Pivar, in a snit, is suing Seed Magazine (Pharyngula’s publishers) for $15 mill. I’ll sell chutney for the defence fund, I’ll also testify that being called a ‘crackpot’ isn’t worth a frown, far less a lawsuit and $15 million. And I’m English English, so I know. We invented this stuff.