In a message dated 9/20/02 1:54:33 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Have you ever tried to talk (not argue, but discuss) with some of these fundamentalists? They won't even _listen_ to an idea that contradicts their world-view. >> Did anyone listen to the NPR article this week about Kennewick Man, the skeleton found in Oregon that appears to be 9000 years old and does not resemble native American skeletons? This was with the scientists who are happy to be granted the chance finally to study it, and included an interview with a native American representative who said, of course it is our ancestor because no one was here before we were and we know that because our stories, our worldview, tell us so. We don't need to study the skeleton because we know what it is already. This is a similar instance of worldview blocking possibility. RJ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
