Berkeley? I have a relative who earned a PhD in genetics from there. She is nice ... sort of.
Donh, would you be willing to help me w/ something? I have determined that the increased conflict between the rationalists and non-rationalists (e.g, the Dover trial) is very akin to the tremendous increase in anti-semitism.
Do you have any links to articles which discusses how adopting a posture of anti-science (more broadly, anti-rationalism) inevitably leads someone to anti-semitism?
That's a bit strong, don't you think? "Inevitably"? At any rate, you need an article for this? I'm inclined to think that racism doesn't go down with rationalism, per se, but with the consequent increase in general wealth not based on the capacity to do violence better than your neighbors. It's pretty handy to be able to despise those whose real estate you covet, or whose economic subjugation underpins your economy.
I had a girl friend who was a grad student in biology there, trying to get a place on the micro-biology staff. She spent a lot of time mutilating rat's penises for reasons I couldn't fathom, but which she did with great deal of relish--put me off my feed sometimes. When her pet pony died, she made a seatcover of his skin for her truck, and used to talk to it while driving. Now where could you get a girlfriend like that, other than at Berkeley?