Friday, October 07, 2005
Scary people...
"Devastating" early drafts of a controversial book recommended as reading at a US high school reveal how the word “creationism” had been later swapped for “intelligent design”.
This week's New Scientist has some very interesting articles on the current battles between faith and reason and the psychology of the fundamentalist and the rationalist. Also on the kind of groupthink that starts developing whenever people get together, overriding societal norms and making them think "Let's kill Jews!", "Let's invade Iraq!", "Let's hunt and kill Salman Rushdie!" May actually buy a copy for once rather than just read the library issue.
But meanwhile, Shrubya now thinks he's one of the Blues Brothers. Isn't the belief that you hear the voice of God inside your head symptomatic of schizophrenia? Anyway, if God has told George to sort out Israel and Palestine I don't suppose He could come back and suggest Shrubya get a move on rather than make evils at Iran?
"Devastating" early drafts of a controversial book recommended as reading at a US high school reveal how the word “creationism” had been later swapped for “intelligent design”.
This week's New Scientist has some very interesting articles on the current battles between faith and reason and the psychology of the fundamentalist and the rationalist. Also on the kind of groupthink that starts developing whenever people get together, overriding societal norms and making them think "Let's kill Jews!", "Let's invade Iraq!", "Let's hunt and kill Salman Rushdie!" May actually buy a copy for once rather than just read the library issue.
But meanwhile, Shrubya now thinks he's one of the Blues Brothers. Isn't the belief that you hear the voice of God inside your head symptomatic of schizophrenia? Anyway, if God has told George to sort out Israel and Palestine I don't suppose He could come back and suggest Shrubya get a move on rather than make evils at Iran?
