bonmot,

You seem to confuse true science with faith.

bonmot

LOL

By the way, was not Shintaro (the original one) just the greatest samurai? The hairdo, the earnest brow, the way he couldn't give a f**ck whether the dub-master could keep up with his stream of blather? Ega ninjas and koga ninjas were also great for their ability to jump up backwards and stick in the corners of rooms. And pretty little Princess Yoshi? Aaah, now there was a pretty little princess to warm the cockles of your heart! Particularly heroic was Shintaro's way of walking like a duck, his wearing of peasant disguises, and his carving up of sundry samurai baddies all at the same time. Man that guy was cool, anyone remember him?

My namesake was cool

Part of haiku's appeal is

What is left unsaid

[P.S. bonmot - I haven't had time to view the vid yet, but I'll try to find some later]

<< You seem to confuse true science with faith. >>

runner, that is typical bait and switch. This is NOT about me.

Do you think the president of the Royal Society is confusing science with faith?

I would say not, science (unlike religion) is evidence based - Nurse got a Nobel for that very reason.

One more time, can you constructively contribute to Nurse's documentary?

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Peter Hume

And your contribution about the documentary given by the head of one of the most recognised scientific institutions in the world is about an old TV series. Just brilliant - keep your ears muffed and your eyes closed, Peter (lol not).

That was a fizzer.

BONMOT, I've had a look at the vid...and noting that it begins with reference to DARWINS "Origin of the Species"

I wonder how many people know the FULL (or alternate) title for Darwins book ? :)

"ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES BY NATURAL SELECTION"
or
"SURVIVAL OF THE PREFERRED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE OF LIFE"

Taken to the next logical step... it suggests that humans 'evolved'....

which suggests they evolved over long periods.. at different rates, in different places. Hence we have

'black'..and
'asian' and
'caucasian'

Reason alone must inform us that such development was prone to environmental influences and that these various 'races' or stages of human development, include those 'more' developed and 'less' developed.

Reason further declares that such variations must mean 'superior/inferior' in terms of 'survivablity' (as per Darwins alt title)

So.. by reason and logic alone, acceptance of the Darwinian idea of 'evolution by natural selection' supports the ideas of

RACISM
SLAVERY

Darwin knew this, and for political reasons declared himself a 'monogenesist' (all from one) His family was strongly abolitionist and slavery had just been abolished.

Darwins 'political' position does not alter the suggestiveness of the science.

True EQUALITY can only be found in the concept of all mankind coming from ONE ancestor..thus.. all are equal.

NURSE claims science is under attack. No...not 'science' but the MANIPULATION of science by political interests :)