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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

In The New York Times, I wrote, "Anybody who claims to be a young Earth creationist is...

In The New York Times, I wrote, "Anybody who claims to be a young Earth creationist is either stupid, ignorant, or insane." Now, that is a simple statement of fact

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In The New York Times,
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I wrote, "Anybody who claims to be a young Earth creationist
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is either stupid, ignorant, or insane."
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Now, that is a simple statement of fact.
Duration
14 seconds
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25
Timestamp in Movie
00:01:39
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
That's not a polemical statement. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
That's not a polemical statement.
But it sounds... It sounds polemical - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
But it sounds... It sounds polemical
And I must add at that point, of course, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
And I must add at that point, of course,
It's just, it's just the fundamentalists, and for them, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
It's just, it's just the fundamentalists, and for...
So there's no crime to be ignorant - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
So there's no crime to be ignorant
You also said this thing, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
You also said this thing,
I mean, just, you write in a very poetic way. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
I mean, just, you write in a very poetic way.
You're a lover of literature - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
You're a lover of literature
I mean, there are so many things - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
I mean, there are so many things
I suppose I would take the ideal role model for this, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:21
I suppose I would take the ideal role model for this,
I mean, who could not be moved poetically - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
I mean, who could not be moved poetically
The same thing happens in biology, in my own field, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:19
The same thing happens in biology, in my own field,
We now understand that it came - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:21
We now understand that it came
And we in the 21st century - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
And we in the 21st century
And therefore we are privileged to get that into our heads - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
And therefore we are privileged to get that into our heads
Oh, the Gutenberg Bible - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
Oh, the Gutenberg Bible
I see you've got one book on hold - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
I see you've got one book on hold
I believe that the issue - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
I believe that the issue
We still do have old books - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
We still do have old books
You have Is There All... Is That All There Is?, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
You have Is There All... Is That All There Is?,