September 2009
5 posts
A Note on Belief in Evolution.
thedailywhat:
Unlike religion or some intangible philosophy, evolution is not for you to “believe” or “disbelieve” in. The statement “I don’t believe in evolution” is an empty one as evolution, again, unlike religion, is not something that requires your belief in order to be true. Similarly, to say “I believe in evolution” is to suggest that evolution is somehow dependent upon your conviction. It...
"I think we're in the midst of a literacy... →
syntheticpubes:
Technology isn’t killing our ability to write. It’s reviving it—and pushing our literacy in bold new directions.
One of those ‘everything bad is actually good for you!’ romps, but bear with me here.
Before the Internet came along, most Americans never wrote anything, ever, that wasn’t a school assignment. Unless they got a job that required producing text (like in law,...
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