Post by bjorn on Jan 2, 2009 17:01:53 GMT
NewScientist has already started celebrating Galileo and Darwin, by asking Who did most to knock man off his pedestal? at www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026877.100-who-did-most-to-knock-man-off-his-pedestal.html.
All in all a priceless introduction to the Icons of Modernity, even if fortunately a few peers like Michael Ruse doesn't get fooled by the fallacy of the assumption behind the question (though I don't quite get why man is so elevated based on his agnostic presuppositions).
Prize for most clueless contestant must go to Steven Pinker with his
It would be interesting to make a TV-series following his hunt for this alleged doctrine before cognitive dissonance overcomes him, or he is knocked off his pedestal.
The Jubilee Year 2009 is guaranteed to repeat many a myth on Science and Religion.
A good year for writing rebuttals as well - the wise thing is to start now, before the myths arrive in full.
All in all a priceless introduction to the Icons of Modernity, even if fortunately a few peers like Michael Ruse doesn't get fooled by the fallacy of the assumption behind the question (though I don't quite get why man is so elevated based on his agnostic presuppositions).
Prize for most clueless contestant must go to Steven Pinker with his
The dogma equating the figurative centrality of humans in the moral order with the literal centrality of humans in the physical universe is probably a quirk of medieval church doctrine
It would be interesting to make a TV-series following his hunt for this alleged doctrine before cognitive dissonance overcomes him, or he is knocked off his pedestal.
The Jubilee Year 2009 is guaranteed to repeat many a myth on Science and Religion.
A good year for writing rebuttals as well - the wise thing is to start now, before the myths arrive in full.