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Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: Creation vs. Evolution
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Date: Thu, 8-Dec-83 14:07:18 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec  8 14:07:18 1983
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From:  Scott Alexander <salex@rice>

       I respectfully disagree. There is a movement of know-nothingism
       about today that endangers all free-thinking people. I think
       that well reasoned and thoughtful messages such as the one by
       Byron Howes helps us "fight" the "dark side" of the force with
       reason. Another reason for continuing is that the discussion
       makes us think about the foundations of our paradigm.

I agree that there is far too much narrowness in people's thinking and
that this is a problem.  Yet I do not see this as a reason to make only
one network news group so that people will have to wade through all
sorts of other things to find what they are looking for in hopes that
they will become enlightened by the other discussions.

I signed up for this list to discuss physics.  The creationism
discussion seems to have digressed from this point.  Therefore, it
should move from this list.  You cannot force people to start thinking
if it is not their choice.  Certainly,  sending messages which do not
pertain to the list and serve only to anger its participants do not
cause said participants to think.


                                        Scott Alexander
                                        
                                        salex@rice