(December 27, 2014 at 8:29 am)tantric Wrote: Darwin Day (what the hell, why can't I post links?) Google it. No Einstein Day. Newton Day in America would be about fig bars.
Probably because Einstein and Newton didn't formulate theories generating so much controversy (any more, in Einstein's case).
Assuming that the Darwin Day Foundation speaks for scientists or scientifically-minded laypersons is quite the stretch, too.
Your point about the human urge to create groups of like-minded people who then go on to annoy the shit out of others about their own hobbyhorses is apt. Your assumption that one of those groups represents a much wider group, however, isn't.
