Have you heard of the Flying Spaghetti Monster?

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The discussion highlights the website venganza.org, which has gained significant attention, reportedly receiving 200,000 hits daily. This site is associated with the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a satirical movement that critiques the teaching of intelligent design and creationism. The conversation references an article in New Scientist that discusses the correlation between global warming and pirate population, which is humorously presented through a graph. The mention of "all hail the spaghetti monster" underscores the site's role in promoting a lighthearted yet critical perspective on scientific discourse.
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Someone mentioned this site a little while ago, but I couldn't find the original thread.

http://www.venganza.org/

Low and behold, reading through the current issue of New Scientist I find this in the feedback section.

http://www.newscientist.com/backpage.ns?id=mg18725112.800

Seems the site is getting 200k hits a day now.
 
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Now I have a logical explanation for the correlation between Global Warming and Pirate population! I had encountered this graph before but without the underlying context. Science is great.
 
i think it was something like "all hail the spaghetti monster" or some such. it's all over now.
 
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