And it's a factor of general scientific illiteracy, because someone with a basic grounding in science would have a better understanding what 'natural' means.
Cake is a made up drug. Made up out of chemicals.
Or maybe it is, I don't know, if you think science is basically magic, you maybe just feel like you're picking between two different magics, the magic of science and the magic of 'naturalness'
I think that's how many think. I know that a number of creationists certainly think that way.
And in the magical realm there is room for holding unjustifiable faith that one type of magic is inherently superior to another.
No there isn't- it's just that the understanding of the word "justifiable" is somewhat different.
Miscellaneous. Eclectic. Random. Perhaps markedly literate, or at least suffering from the compulsion to read any text that presents itself, including cereal boxes.
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Date: 2005-03-03 03:24 pm (UTC)Cake is a made up drug. Made up out of chemicals.
Or maybe it is, I don't know, if you think science is basically magic, you maybe just feel like you're picking between two different magics, the magic of science and the magic of 'naturalness'
I think that's how many think. I know that a number of creationists certainly think that way.
And in the magical realm there is room for holding unjustifiable faith that one type of magic is inherently superior to another.
No there isn't- it's just that the understanding of the word "justifiable" is somewhat different.