(June 7, 2012 at 8:18 am)Panglossian Wrote: We seem to be living in a world where the less you know, the bigger and more fantastical your claims are permitted to be, and frankly it's just got to stop.
It's always been that way. Like how those who deny evolution tend know absolutely nothing about it.
The less you know, the more absurd things you can believe.
The cure is education, but how do you educate those who quite simply, don't want to know?
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
