tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post4000489764658295071..comments2024-03-27T14:45:28.176-05:00Comments on Adventus: "I love the smell of napalm in the morning..."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-35721977995471939412010-06-30T15:39:57.453-05:002010-06-30T15:39:57.453-05:00rick: absolutely; they talk teleologically, time ...rick: absolutely; they talk teleologically, time to reach for the Super Soaker. And a ridiculous number of propositions in 'evolutionary psychology' and similar fields arise far more from ideology than from actual, y'know, science, and can't be tested or falsified.<br /><br />Interesting, seems to me, how 'Social Darwinism', which is neither, rears its ugly head with regularity, endlessly, in much the same way as does 'scientific' racism. Never goes away. Needs to be called by its name, every time.ProfWombathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11251229209601018545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-30638175365602479112010-06-29T11:54:18.158-05:002010-06-29T11:54:18.158-05:00Bestselling author Sam Harris dismantles the most ...<i>Bestselling author Sam Harris dismantles the most common justification for religious faith—that a moral system cannot be based on science.</i><br /><br />I love the simultaneous embrace and rejection of the <i>argumentum ad populum</i> here.Philahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15849261651028725772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-75263835670910321662010-06-28T18:59:36.740-05:002010-06-28T18:59:36.740-05:00"these psychological illusions have outlasted..."these psychological illusions have outlasted their evolutionary purpose"<br /><br />If they are truly "evolutionary," they have no purpose. The scientific notion of evolution has nothing to do with purposefulness.rick allenhttp://quijotefelix.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com