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Ricky
SFN Die Hard

USA
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Posted - 01/03/2007 :  22:29:04  Show Profile  Send Ricky an AOL message Send Ricky a Private Message
Could have gone in the Evolution folder, but here fits just as well:

Why Idiots Prevail

[Edited to add: not work safe (for language) - Dave W.]
Why continue? Because we must. Because we have the call. Because it is nobler to fight for rationality without winning than to give up in the face of continued defeats. Because whatever true progress humanity makes is through the rationality of the occasional individual and because any one individual we may win for the cause may do more for humanity than a hundred thousand who hug their superstitions to their breast.
- Isaac Asimov

H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard

USA
4574 Posts
Posted - 01/03/2007 :  23:12:19   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send H. Humbert a Private Message
That was good. Thanks, Ricky.
"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes

"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman

"Face facts with dignity." --found inside a fortune cookie
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HalfMooner
Dingaling

Philippines
15831 Posts
Posted - 01/03/2007 :  23:13:12   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send HalfMooner a Private Message
That was wonderful, thanks!
“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive.
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Kil
Evil Skeptic

USA
13477 Posts
Posted - 01/03/2007 :  23:27:30   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Kil's Homepage  Send Kil an AOL message  Send Kil a Yahoo! Message Send Kil a Private Message
Oh man, funny stuff...
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.

Why not question something for a change?

Genetic Literacy Project
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard

USA
3834 Posts
Posted - 01/05/2007 :  22:03:27   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send beskeptigal a Private Message
That's a crack up!!!
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TOR Hershman
Not Funny

51 Posts
Posted - 01/07/2007 :  04:48:26   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit TOR Hershman's Homepage Send TOR Hershman a Private Message
Because we're ALL idiots, that's why.
http://torhershman.blogspot.com/
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marfknox
SFN Die Hard

USA
3739 Posts
Posted - 01/10/2007 :  07:30:23   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit marfknox's Homepage  Send marfknox an AOL message Send marfknox a Private Message
Tor wrote:
quote:
Because we're ALL idiots, that's why.
Between this comment and the "We're the Humans" video, I'm starting to suspect that you're an anti-Humanist.
"Too much certainty and clarity could lead to cruel intolerance" -Karen Armstrong

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