Folks,
We talk a lot -- some might say too much -- about the pernicious
effects of blind religious belief, especially as it prevents rational
thought about science. You might say that Science is sacred around
here. But secular belief can be just as blinding just as stupid
dangerous.
Consider
On 29 Aug 2008, at 20:18, David Land wrote:
My mind boggled. Why ask the damn question, then?
She had faith.
Unreasoning Belief Maru
--
William T Goodall
Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk
Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/
There's no chance that the
Consider the caller Charlane on NPR's
Science Friday just now. The
topic was the (now thoroughly-debunked) concerns about
links between
vaccines autusm and other vaccine scares. She was
adamant about not
having her baby immunized on the CDC-recommended schedule
because,
among other
On 29 Aug 2008, at 21:04, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
when it was time for my son to be immunized several years ago, i
opted to wait till he was older, and then space them out; figuring
better to be safe than sorry. i suppose that is why some people
choose to believe in gawd.
jon
So it's
when it was time for my son to be immunized several
years ago, i
opted to wait till he was older, and then space them
out; figuring
better to be safe than sorry. i suppose that is why
some people
choose to believe in gawd.
jon
So it's the immunization version of Pascal's
On 30/08/2008, at 8:05 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Pascal's Wager (or Pascal's Gambit) is a suggestion posed by the
French philosopher Blaise Pascal that even though the existence of
God cannot be determined through reason, a person should wager as
though God exists, because so living
