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Honoring Darwin Day

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On February 12 we’ll commemorate the anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, a celebration around the world known as Darwin Day, to appreciate the advancement of human knowledge and the achievements of science and reason. It must also be a day when we push back against the politicization and undermining of science by ideologues and zealots. . .

Unfortunately, too many politicians are gripped by an anti-science fervor. . .

Last year, [Representative Pete Stark (D-CA) California’s 13th district and the only self-described non-theist in Congress] introduced a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives to designate February 12 as Darwin Day in recognition of Charles Darwin as a worthy symbol of the achievements and importance of reason, science, and the advancement of human knowledge.

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Just say No,! to the Susan G. Komen Foundation

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Source: MoveOn.org

One may enjoy reading the comments associated with this MoveOn.org post, for some of them realize, and speak to, the metaphysical realm of the argument. Of course, many others mix the physical with the metaphysical, while some write purely on an emotional level. Once one realizes the differences between the physical, metaphysical, and emotional levels of argumentation it is quite entertaining to sit back and observe the incoherence of others arguments.

It makes one wonder how is it that many of the sane end up in insane asylums, while the insane aimlessly wonder through life without ever breaching the physiological senses, what’s more, voting for the reactionary ticket, and reproducing like there’s no tomorrow. [MSH]