PZ Myers, science blogger and associate professor of biology at the University of Minnesota, and Chris Mooney, author of the “The Republican War on Science,” weigh in on Republican National Convention attendees at the Science Museum of Minnesota.

“I suspect the smug unscientific ignoramuses of the party will tour the museum, misinterpret and mentally mangle everything they see, and pretend that they’re the true supporters of sound science, which will be galling to those of us who’ve watched these troglodytes pushing their wacky agenda for the last several years,” said Myers, who has been documenting the atrocities the Republican Party has wrought on science education at his blog Pharyngula.

Myers has been following creationists and “intelligent design” advocates who have been attempting to get those ideas taught in public schools. The vast majority of the time, it’s Republicans pushing the faulty curriculum.

That’s not to mention the antics of presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, who is currently, and unsuccessfully, running for the Republican nomination.

“This is going to exclude other more serious, more intelligent, and more deserving aficionados of the good stuff at the Science Museum of Minnesota, like children. That’s a disaster. What a waste,” said Myers of the two weeks surrounding the RNC that the museum will be closed.