tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756884306012466304.post1222430460569531369..comments2023-04-16T08:27:58.189-05:00Comments on With Sword and Pen: What's In Your Bathroom?Paul Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15338586236962291817noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756884306012466304.post-49539444706903627892009-12-03T15:09:24.165-05:002009-12-03T15:09:24.165-05:00No, not suggesting that, but now that you mention ...No, not suggesting that, but now that you mention it...<br /><br />Thing with Darwin is, his idea is just a theory, an unproven (and unprovable) one. The amount of faith required to buy it is remarkable for something so generally accepted in the scientific community. <br /><br />This type of thing, where one starts with a conclusion and works backward, picking and choosing bits of "evidence" that support your diagnosis, is very common among biographers of Civil War personalities, to the extent where multiple books have been written to show that Lincoln, an absolutely atrocious manager, is in fact a model to be held up and copied by businessmen!Harryhttp://bullrunnings.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756884306012466304.post-70358300747492437452009-12-03T13:31:55.865-05:002009-12-03T13:31:55.865-05:00Harry -
Are you suggesting that there might be so...Harry -<br /><br />Are you suggesting that there might be some kind of karma going on, in the sense that this book was found resting above the toilet? :-)<br /><br />PaulPaul Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338586236962291817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6756884306012466304.post-23407673785381323112009-12-03T07:59:53.025-05:002009-12-03T07:59:53.025-05:00Hmmm...I imagine after all that time in the loo, t...Hmmm...I imagine after all that time in the loo, there must be some additional "aura" to this copy of Darwin's book. Personally, I've never been able to muster the faith required to buy into his "it just happened" theory, particularly with more modern, scientific discoveries of the complicated coding of DNA. As any computer geek will tell you, programs don't write themselves.Harryhttp://bullrunnings.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com