On Dec 5, 2007, at 8:54 PM, jon louis mann wrote: > in that sense stupid is not only relative, but its definition > depends on what one chooses to believe to be true knowledge. > perhaps how you determine what is truth is genuine wisdom.
Or at least one aspect of it, yeah, maybe. > one who chooses to remain ignorant about arguments that logically > refute their belief system may instead excercise their consider > intellect to rationalize their belief just as newton tried to > resolve religion with science to keep the church off his back. I'm not convinced he was doing it to avoid evangelical persecution. There appears to have been a little too much zealotry in his pursuit to make it seem entirely like a cover story. -- Warren Ockrassa Blog | http://indigestible.nightwares.com/ Books | http://books.nightwares.com/ Web | http://www.nightwares.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
