30 JAN 2015 by ideonexus
The Problem with the X-Files
The cult of The X-Files has been defended as harmless because it is, after
all, only fiction. On the face of it, that is a fair defence. But regularly recurring fiction - soap operas, cop series find the like - are legitimately
criticized if, week after week, they systematically present a one-sided
view of the world. The X-Files is a television series in which, every week,
two FBI agents face a mystery. One of the two, Scully, favours a rational,
scientific explanation; the other agent, Mulde...Folksonomies: science fiction criticism
Folksonomies: science fiction criticism
21 SEP 2011 by ideonexus
Evolution Threatens Creationists Sense of Values
At this point I could simply say, “I’ve given the evidence, and it shows
that evolution is true. Q.E.D.” But I’d be remiss if I did that, because, like
the businessman I encountered after my lecture, many people require
more than just evidence before they’ll accept evolution. To these folks,
evolution raises such profound questions of purpose, morality, and
meaning that they just can’t accept it no matter how much evidence they
see. It’s not that we evolved from apes that bother...Resistance to evolution is less about the theory and more about its moral implications.