Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Old dumbness: Creationism

New hotness: "Intelligent Design."

Kansas, which distinguished itself a few years ago by erasing evolution from its textbooks, is back at it.

My favorite line from the story:

Harris says that in trying to understand how life began, science errs in refusing to look beyond natural explanations, to other explanations -- which, he acknowledged, some call "supernatural."

Some call it supernatural. As a reporter, if I hear that phrase in an interview, that's the point where I check my watch to see how close I am to deadline. Fun as they are, there's only so much time you can waste with nutjobs.

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