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A person runs virtually no risk deriving a pat of psychological comfort by refuting the facts of evolution, as compared to somebody like me, who bristles with skepticism for his every contact with Western medicine. I can acknowledge that, between the two, it is I who will more likely being "eating my words" one day, whether in capsule form, or intravenous drip.

The ratio of risk is unfortunately not hinged to the general quality of the facts being refuted.

(btw--I'm still healthy!)

--Jason



On Apr 14, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Martin Weiss wrote:

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> Chuck
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> Fascinating that Santorum takes his sick daughter to doctors who are class
> of intellectuals he is so dismissive of.
> 
> Martin
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> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Chuck Howarth <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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>> I  think the issue has grown beyond science to a broader antipathy towards
>> intellectual pursuits in general, as Rick Santorum's recent quote suggests.
>> Here it is if you missed it:
>> 
>> "There are good decent men and women; who go out and work hard every day;
>> and put their skills to test that aren’t taught by some liberal college
>> professor trying to indoctrinate them."
>> 
>> What Stephen is proposing is exactly what Santorum objects to—the
>> possibility that people might actually learn to think for themselves.  It
>> is pretty amazing that a major national candidate would dare to make a
>> statement like that.  You would think he would be laughed out of the
>> campaign. But unfortunately no.  We have our work cut out for us, guys.
>>> 
>>> Jennie -
>>> My point was not that we should just take away dogma and permit the
>> vacuum to be filled with whatever people wanted, but that we should
>> completely rethink the teaching of a bolus of content through rote
>> learning, and replace it with teaching kids how to think, deepen their
>> understanding, and master asking questions and seeking answers. We are
>> trying so hard to turn out encyclopaedias rather than thinking adults that
>> we completely miss the opportunity to teach them the most important things,
>> which, indeed, aren't even things.
>>> 
>>> Stephen Miles Uzzo, PhD.
>> 
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