Archive for September, 2009

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Jerry Coyne and Andrew Sullivan are having a conversation about suffering and religion.
Jerry Coyne writes:
Humans do not have a unique capacity to “rise above suffering.” Every animal rises above suffering. It has to, if it is to live and leave offspring. It’s ADAPTIVE to be resilient!
Andrew responds:
One feels as if one is talking [...]

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Greenwald’s Right

If you do not regularly read Greenwald, you should probably start doing that.

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