Monday, December 13 2004: Newsworthy Conversion
The goddamned liberal god-hating media is at it again. Everyone
gets depressed hearing how we're maiming and killing Iraqi civilians
and our soldiers, so let's talk about atheists! I'm not sure why
this conversion story
warrants making it on the AP news wire (lets hope someone (even a
famous someone) changing their mind about Grimm's fairy tales wouldn't
be AP newsworthy).
Anyway, what does this pinnacle of British philosophy give as his reason for "joining the fold". "A super-intelligence is the only good explanation for the origin of life and the complexity of nature..."
So what do we learn from this? Namely, that even philosophers in the forefront of their field can be sufficiently ignorant of physics, chemistry, and biology to commit logical fallacies and become ensnared by silly ideas. Ok, I guess that is news.
Anyway, what does this pinnacle of British philosophy give as his reason for "joining the fold". "A super-intelligence is the only good explanation for the origin of life and the complexity of nature..."
So what do we learn from this? Namely, that even philosophers in the forefront of their field can be sufficiently ignorant of physics, chemistry, and biology to commit logical fallacies and become ensnared by silly ideas. Ok, I guess that is news.