Re: Kurt Vonnegut endorses ID on NPR


jgrisham@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Harlequin wrote:
> > I am listening to Kurt Vonnegut on NPR ("The Long View"
> > series of segments) right now. He has endorsed ID.
> > Scientists are a tribe. (He does of course accept
> > evolution.)
> >
> > This is. A real disappointment. This is very good
> > evidence of just how sucessful the ID movement has been
> > in tricking even very smart people. Including one
> > who is a "humanist" who rejects organized religion.
> >
> > Science supporters really need to consider why we
> > don't have someone who really should be on our side.
>
> Science is a fine context for experimentation and observation, however
> when all is said and done, it is just method. "Survival of the
> fittest" dictates adaptability. If there is a means of survival beyond
> death, a good Darwinist must try to adapt.

Only if we're able to reproduce or otherwise benefit our offspring
after death. Many cultures do incorporate the beseeching of deceased
ancestors for supernatural aid. Is that what you're talking about?

As for reproduction in the afterlife, while my personal heaven would
necessarily include lots of sex*, it won't include nappies, midnight
feedings, whiny ten-year-olds or moody teenagers.

> There comes a point in every
> man's education, when it is revealed as pure folly to allow one's self
> to be damned on principle. In the final context, atheism is only a
> principle.

Then I'm a fool. I'd rather be damned than worship the petty little
tyrant that passes for god around here.

>
>
> JTG 1/23/06
>
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> >
> > "Any sufficiently badly-written science is indistinguishable from magic."
> > - Aaron Allston

* 72 virgins? Not for long!

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