Episode V: The Creationists Strike Back

SLAM: debunk creationism, pseudoscience, and superstitions. Discuss logic and morality.

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David wrote:Actually that is not a tail. The problem seems to arise from people thinking that if it looks like a tail, it must be a tail. There was one case in America of a baby being born with a tail, or at least that's what the tabloids said. The doctor reported it as a fleshy extension comming from the back. That is probably what this is, a birth defect. Just a extension of the flesh, with no muscles or bone structure. The hindus declaring this child as their reborn god and part monkey is just a product of their fantasism.
Ooooh. Is there a name for this kind of birth defect? And where can I read up more about it?
"Please explain to me the scientific nature of the 'whammy'."
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