Sure, it's kinda like shooting fish in a barrel. And, yes, Colbert's smackdown (which ended with him worshipping Neil deGrasse Tyson) really should have settled the matter. But O'Reilly insisted on parading his willed ignorance for another round. So he earns his beat-down from Bad Astronomy. Of course, it won't convince O'Reilly (somehow I'm reminded of Puppet Michael Steele and his "Ponzi Scheme of stupid") but I guess the value is in getting the facts out there so that maybe they might get thru to someone somewhere.
I'm not generally a fan of Jeffrey Goldberg (and, yes, I'm probably spending more time reading the Atlantic's bloggers than is strictly healthy) but he did have a recent entry for the "I should not know more about your religion than you do" files.
Okay, we need to raise a palate cleanser up in here. Or some brain bleach. Check yr local TV listings for Nova scienceNOW. Hosted by the aforementioned Neil deGrasse Tyson. The most recent episode we caught was about how the brain works and included a segment on magic tricks and perception that had (I'm pretty sure) the first ever TV interview w/ Teller. Who agreed to be interviewed only if they blurred out his mouth so you couldn't actually see him talking. One of Teller's questions for the brain researchers was about what it is about the way we perceive things that allows misdirection, like that used in magic tricks, to work. They were illustrating this with the cups and balls trick (including the clear cups version that they do in their show at the Rio). And one thing they figured out is that people have a much easier time following the trick if you hide the magician's face. Even if you think you're watching their hands closely, we're probably wired to pay attention to people's faces and that's just enough distraction for you to miss what they're doing with their hands.