Observations and inanities by a second-shift assistant supervisor in the Puppy-Grinding division of the Evil Atheist Conspiracy® (our motto: "Sure it's cruel, but think of the jobs!"), your host, Brent Rasmussen.
Yeah, I heard the same sort of craziness.
Via Phil Plait, a glimpse into how far woo can go wrong:
Orbiter crashing into the moon
There is a Japanese lunar orbiter named Kaguya that is scheduled to crash into the moon today at about 2:30 pm ET. Scientists hope to learn something about the moon’s composition by observing the debris that is kicked up.
In many traditions, including astrology, the moon represents the feminine. It is the yin, the intuitive, the emotions. Women are connected to the moon by their menstrual cycles while they are fertile, and all beings, including the earth herself, are affected by the pull of the tides.
* * *
Did these scientists talk to the moon? Tell her what they were doing? Ask her permission? Show her respect?
Wow.
Just . . . wow.
Believe it or not, I got similar comments from a number of people when I did my "Paint the Moon" project back in 2001. I don't know if Ms. Harvey was one of the people who contacted me, but I did hear from people who were really worried that we were going to somehow 'insult' or harm the Moon by pointing laser pointers at it. I mean, I expected a fair number of folks who would miss the whole point of it being an art project, but some of these people were seriously lacking in any sense of scientific reality, who were actually worried that our little laser pointers would destroy the Moon or something.
Wow. Sometimes I think I am not nearly cynical nor pessimistic enough, to paraphrase Lily Tomlin.
Jim Downey
(Cross posted to my blog.)
Bookmark/Search this post with:
Duh
The next sentence she wrote was, "When we are connected into the web of life, we know that what we do to one part is what we do to all. Gaining knowledge by destruction is an empty victory."
The moon isn't alive dingbat. Its more sterile than any "clean room" scientists could build on earth. Now go read the chart for some ditzy old woman.
Ahhh, the irony
There are probably christians, catholics, and even scientologists all shaking their heads thinking "how could she believe that tripe".
Please let the swine flu become more virulent
The gene pool needs more chlorine.
We should . . .
. . . start a rumor that cooking meat is just a way to stop people from getting the 'vital energy' from animals, and that using refrigeration causes a decrease in that energy. That oughta thin things out by the end of the summer.
Jim Downey
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Like Science Fiction? Read *or listen to* my novel, Communion of Dreams, for free.