[general_re]

We should take steps to mitigate the damage in case the worst does come to pass - I think we ought to collect up the sort of rationally obtained knowledge which is denied here, and preserve it for future generations to rediscover after the end of the coming Second Dark Ages. Of course, it'll have to be in an easily-digestible format, since they'll need to re-learn virtually everything from the ground up. My personal contribution to the time capsule will be a little index card that says: THE LIGHTS IN THE SKY AT NIGHT ARE CALLED "STARS".

[PatrickHenry]

Ever read one of Asimov's best-known stories -- Nightfall? Well worth a look in this context.

[f.Christian]

Evolution is a hopeless dichotomy ... just playing a word game --- name change with truth -- science !

Main Entry: pla·gia·rize
Pronunciation: 'plA-j&-"rIz also -jE-&-
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -rized; -riz·ing
Etymology: plagiary
Date: 1716
transitive senses : to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
intransitive senses : to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
- pla·gia·riz·er noun

[f.Christian]

Get an advanced degree in evolution and skip reality -- hard science too !

[longshadow]

I think we ought to collect up the sort of rationally obtained knowledge which is denied here, and preserve it for future generations to rediscover after the end of the coming Second Dark Ages.

They tried that once. It was called the Library at Alexandria.

The "Primitive Deconstructionists" burned it.

[js1138]

I think we ought to collect up the sort of rationally obtained knowledge which is denied here, and preserve it for future generations to rediscover after the end of the coming Second Dark Ages.

Try A Canticle For Liebowitz.