Friday, August 11, 2006

Pharyngula: Put the blame where it belongs: God and the Republican Party

Pharyngula: Put the blame where it belongs: God and the Republican Party: "The folks on the top of the evolution list - Icelanders - believe in elves.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/13/international/europe/13elves.html?ex=1278907200&en=5e99759b563f81fe&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss

What does this indicate? Probably that every culture has - perhaps even *must* have - shared unprovable beliefs. Though this is likely an emergent property that biologists are too stuck up to explore.

It seems downright high-schoolish to make fun of someone else for their beliefs. More likely to make them more engrained, too."

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