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Jim Nichols
A Speculative Fiction
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Showing posts with label evolution. Show all posts
Showing posts with label evolution. Show all posts
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Something nobody has been able to answer for me...
There are a lot of very smart people who spend a lot of time creating very clever narratives about why Religion--more specifically Christianity--is a form of Revelation that is rock solid. The most truthful of true.
These are very smart people who are far smarter and better educated than I am; so maybe there is just something I don't quite understand.
I mean; I accept the a priori existence of God through the rules of our language, the likely a priori of its biological existence in our brains, the usefulness in the early development of our economy--its organizational and sociological capabilities.
But why do intellectuals adhere to it?
Some argue its a political alliance--a decision to pick one cultural faction over another, some say its needed to create and sustain community through the harsh truth of living, some argue that it is a useful means of explaining in narrative form important views to allow less educated people to flourish--which to me seems condescending of people and inaccurate aside from abnormal developments of some humans.
It just doesn't seem to add up. Doesn't inaccurate information harm our productive possibilities and humanistic capabilities? I don't know the answer to that one... any one care to give it a go?
These are very smart people who are far smarter and better educated than I am; so maybe there is just something I don't quite understand.
I mean; I accept the a priori existence of God through the rules of our language, the likely a priori of its biological existence in our brains, the usefulness in the early development of our economy--its organizational and sociological capabilities.
But why do intellectuals adhere to it?
Some argue its a political alliance--a decision to pick one cultural faction over another, some say its needed to create and sustain community through the harsh truth of living, some argue that it is a useful means of explaining in narrative form important views to allow less educated people to flourish--which to me seems condescending of people and inaccurate aside from abnormal developments of some humans.
It just doesn't seem to add up. Doesn't inaccurate information harm our productive possibilities and humanistic capabilities? I don't know the answer to that one... any one care to give it a go?
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Probably the best quote all election year...
From Clintonite Paul Begala on CNN SUperTuesday
Nobody is more conservative than Huckabee. He don't believe in evolution or gravity or photosynthesis or anything.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Blog post on Dainel Dennets Mitochondrial Eve
I happened upon this blog post....
I too have always found the idea fascinating... and the author does a real good job of giving an overview if you've never read Darwins Dangerous Idea.
I too have always found the idea fascinating... and the author does a real good job of giving an overview if you've never read Darwins Dangerous Idea.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Is the world flat?
watch this from the view... to get a feel for the many conversations we have to have in our communities. And I don't post this as a call for more oppositional thinking and us vs. them rhetoric. But just an awareness and sensitivity for what is the outcome of philosophical postions I disagree with.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
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