What the world needs is not dogma but an attitude of scientific inquiry combined with a belief that the torture of millions is not desirable, whether inflicted by Stalin or by a Deity imagined in the likeness of the believer. —Bertrand Russell Read more →
Day: September 28, 2005
The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity
If you read the preceding post and thought I was being too worked up about a bunch of people being dumb, I refer you to the The Basic Laws of Human Stupidity, specifically the Fourth law: Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid individuals. In particular non-stupid people constantly forget that at all times and places and under… Read more →
As I suspected
Track 14 Yesterday’s Times brings an article describing of a new study looking at how the degree to which a society is religious affects the moral and ethical foundations of a society. The results are no surprise to me. The paper, published in the Journal of Religion and Society, a US academic journal, reports: “Many Americans agree that their churchgoing… Read more →
