Une vidéo mystérieuse et talentueuse est apparue sur Youtube il y a deux jours, mettant en scène les principaux "new atheists" célèbres dans le monde anglophone. Ils y défendent en musique la théorie de l'évolution et l'athéisme sous le mode "gangster rap".
Le principal 'rappeur' involontaire est Richard Dawkins, qui déclare sur son forum ne pas comprendre la plaisanterie - contrairement à son co-star PZ Myers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaGgpGLx ... r_embeddedLes auteurs sont inconnus et la discussion va bon train sur les blogs athées : s’agit-il d’une promotion virale pour le film créationniste ‘Expelled’, d’un œuvre pro-science ou tout simplement d’une réalisation satirique sans arrière-pensée particulière ?
Il faut noter que la réalisation est soignée. Les paroles sont particulièrement travaillées et remplies d’allusions précises que seuls des familiers de l’évolution et de ses défenseurs pourront saisir.
Si les protagonistes apparaissent particulièrement arrogants, il paraît que cette attitude est commune chez les rappeurs… Ce n’est donc pas forcément un indice. En guest star, Charles Darwin accompagné, de gauche à droite :
- Sam Harris, doctorant en neurologie et auteur de ‘The End of Faith’
- Eugenie Scott, anthropologue, directrice exécutive du National Center for Science Education et critique experte du créationniste.
- PZ Myers, professeur de biologie, blogueur athée superstar et adversaire redouté du « intelligent design »
- Daniel Dennett, philosophe renommé, spécialisé notamment en théorie de l’évolution et sciences cognitives, auteur de ‘Breaking the Spell’.
- Christopher Hitchens, journaliste et polémiste, auteur de ‘God is not Great’
Commentaire de PZ Myers : «
Ce n'est pas grave si certains d'entre nous ne trouvent pas cela drôle (en fait, moi si, mais je suis immergé dans une petite bande de jeunes gens qui écoutent ce genre de musique tout le temps, et j'ai eu quelques années pour m'y accoutumer). Ce qui importe est que la prochaine génération trouve cela drôle, et qu'ils saisissent immédiatement le message. L'évolution et l'athéisme sont cool, leurs partisans sont bruyants et fiers et un peu irrespectueux… et c’est une bonne chose. C’est le camp où nous les vieux croûtons voulons
être, car c’est celui où veulent être les gens de moins de 30 ans. »
Pour les anglophones, voici la transcription des paroles.
Citation:
My name is D to the I to C to the K, Yeah I'm the Dickie D,
I gots my PhD and comin' your way on the Youtube to bust your world view so just listen to me and don't you argue.
You see, this battle's been ragin' since Zeus was on the bottle, 'tween Science like Democritus and Faith like Aristotle,
who said the mover was unmovin' like some magic trick but
that's no good logic, my posse is far too quick for this
religious schtick.
Coz science is the only way to know y'all, you stand with me y'all, or you can fall y'all
So go ahead and take your pick...
ES: Yeah you tell him Rick ...
Darwin: Coz if you don't know me ...
RD: YOU DON'T KNOW DICK!!
Chorus: Yeah he's the Dick to the Dawk to the PhD,
he's smarter than you he's got a science degree!
Yeah he's the Dick to the Dawk to the PhD,
he's smarter than you he's got a science degree!
SH: On the shoulders of midgets we built up this machine,
DD: YEAH!!!
RD: Science silenced that watchdog wingnut Paley
growing stronger and harder almost daily, storming Wilber by force as we framed the discourse that faith and science are split in schismatic divorce.
Then Darwin took to the seas to see what no one had seen, and ever since then we've been increasingly keen, they may never adore us, but they'll no longer ignore us,
give it to 'em PZ hit these *BLEEP* with the chorus!!!
Chorus : Yeah he's the Dick to the Dawk to the PhD,
he's smarter than you he's got a science degree!
The Dick to the Dawk to the PhD,
he's still smarter than you he studied biology!
Then there was Darrow dukin' it out with the straight and the narrow,
a ragin' bull in the ring, he did his thing, and took it on the chin like he was Bobby De Niro.
We might have lost at Scopes, beaten down by the dopes, and the stooges of popes, but in losin' we coped, becomin' more than we hoped, creationists slipped on the soap of their own slippery slope.
What was impossible, improbable, is now wholly unstoppable untoppleable, the Dick Dawk'll roll up as you creationists foldup
you haters talkin' bull,
don't you know that this Dick is un-*BLEEP*-frickin' blockable ...
Chorus: Yeah he's the Dick to the Dawk to the phd,
he's smarter than you he's got a science degree!
The Dick to the Dawk to the phd,
he's still smarter than you he studied biology!
Now the machine of our making, sees culture ripe for the taking,
Coz I'm the rappinest, rabidest atheist who unlike the Catholic, Muslim, or even the Jew, believes that no God but science could ever be true, hell if I was dyslexic I'd even hate "dog" too.
Time to open your eyes, get yourself wise, the age of sciences'll rise to be religion's demise,
and while you churchies all cry, shouting 'why God oh why,'I'll still be poppin' my collar earning more dollars than Allah.
Hollah!
Chorus: Yeah he's the Dick to the Dawk to the phd,
he's smarter than you he's got a science degree!
The Dick to the Dawk to the phd,
he's still smarter than you he studied biology!
Chorus: Yeah he's the Dick to the Dawk to the phd,
he's smarter than you he's got a science degree!
The Dick to the Dawk to the phd,
he's still smarter than you he studied biology!
[repeat chorus]