Fellow REASONnaires, I've just finished a remarkable if flawed book by Howard Bloom called *Global Brain.* I would not go so far as to recommend it for a...
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Anita J
anitalikestennis@...
Dec 1, 2000 2:01 pm
Clay, I tend to agree, which prompts me to suggest even another book for the reading circle. Caught part of a talk on NPR with the author, Mark Juergensmeyer....
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Dec 1, 2000 4:47 pm
Wm Hay: Bill, I saw your letter to The Reader. I've pretty much given up reading that rag, I was spending too much time on the research & documentation for ...
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dskryja@...
Dec 1, 2000 7:16 pm
These stories look interesting to me, but the links don't work on my computer. Dunno why. ds. Faith Healers Lose Appeal "Faith-healing couples must take sick...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Dec 1, 2000 9:18 pm
This is the article Clay recommended in a recent email....
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lrhammel@...
Dec 1, 2000 9:41 pm
I think you should send it to both groups. If someone doesn't want the information , he/she can delete it. Lana dskryja@... du To:...
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Liz
Lizard0608@...
Dec 1, 2000 10:17 pm
I can't open the file. Can you rename it something without spaces and a .doc on the end? Liz ... God's Country.url"" >> ...
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Liz
Lizard0608@...
Dec 1, 2000 10:20 pm
Jim, Never mind. Here's a URL for the Joan Didion article. http://www.hereinstead.com/sys-tmpl/htmlpage7/ ...
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dskryja@...
Dec 1, 2000 10:33 pm
Thanks for your interest Lana, but I've already more or less agreed to stop sending it to evolution-ne. Jim Platz is a member of both groups and he had a role...
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Ken Munzesheimer
munzesheimer@...
Dec 2, 2000 5:11 am
I'm having the same problem. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products....
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Mrjbriscoe@...
Dec 2, 2000 4:44 pm
Hello gang, I've recently entered a book swap with one of my best buddies from the old school. I'm lending him Douglas Krueger's What Is Atheism? A Short ...
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Mrjbriscoe@...
Dec 2, 2000 8:59 pm
Confession: I messed up! Sorry I didn't make the gathering today. I was in the mood for a few beers and some good intellectual fellowship, too, but ...
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sgcol50326@...
Dec 3, 2000 3:25 am
The reviews and other info below were abstracted from Amazon, FYI. I found the book to be both fascinating and far more informative than Pinker's celebrated...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Dec 3, 2000 4:25 am
... From: dskryja@... To: jbechtel@...; Subject: RE: [Reason-Omaha] God's Country Date: Friday, December 01, 2000 8:52 PM It worked on my computer. ...
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Chris Peters
alpha_leonis@...
Dec 3, 2000 5:59 am
Don't know if anybody saw this from Saturday's editorial page. I thought it was very well-written ... certainly right on the mark. -- chris Published Saturday...
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Chris Bonds
cbonds@...
Dec 3, 2000 6:44 am
... Yep, cut it out of the paper, emailed it to a friend. I think it was either Ernst Mayer or Dobzhansky who said that "nothing in biology makes any sense...
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Harvey Madison
cfct@...
Dec 3, 2000 8:20 am
EXCELLENT piece by Kamil! He must be a terrific teacher. Thanks for the forward, Chris. Harv...
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john bechtel
dsidnt@...
Dec 3, 2000 4:06 pm
Chris, You wrote; In my field, which includes music theory and analysis, students tend to have ... I run into alot of people who will tell me that they enjoy...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Dec 3, 2000 8:33 pm
The struggles continue. Yesterday's World Herald carried an op-ed piece by Alan Kamil, UNL biologist, stressing the fundamental importance of good science...
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sgcol50326@...
Dec 3, 2000 9:57 pm
I've read the first few chapters of this and find it both interesting and pertinent to ongoing discussions we've been having. The author presents the most...
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Chris Bonds
cbonds@...
Dec 4, 2000 5:13 am
... I have often had this disquieting thought--made more disquieting by the realization that I alone have little power to do anything about it. Chris Bonds...
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Larry Forst
leforst@...
Dec 4, 2000 6:55 am
Also in the OWH Saturday was this little piece: "A Vatican representative has begun investigating whether divine intervention allowed the Rev. Nelson H....
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Harvey Madison
cfct@...
Dec 4, 2000 8:24 am
On the monday night installment of 20/20 our (ACLU of Lubbock and Texas) federal case against the Tulia, TX authorities will air. It is regarding the racist...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Dec 4, 2000 4:44 pm
But you're NOT alone. ... From: Chris Bonds <cbonds@...> To: Reason-Omaha@egroups.com Subject: Re: [Reason-Omaha] I saw the news today, oh boy. Date:...
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dskryja@...
Dec 4, 2000 5:24 pm
For those Reason people who aren't on the evolution-ne mailing list. ds. ... From: Alistair Cullum [mailto:acullum@...] Sent: Monday, December 04,...
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john bechtel
dsidnt@...
Dec 4, 2000 6:17 pm
... This may not go over well with most REASONaires, but I say ARM YOURSELVES!! I may go down, but I'm taking a least one fascist christian nazi with me. ...
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Anita J
anitalikestennis@...
Dec 4, 2000 8:01 pm
Fellow Skeptics - FYI, just sent a letter to the Public Pulse to follow up Prof. Kamil's great article: Many thanks to Professor Kamil (Education Should...
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dskryja@...
Dec 4, 2000 8:08 pm
From http://www.enn.com/news/wire-stories/2000/12/12042000/reu_fossil_40568.asp?s ite=email Fossils of man's earliest ancestor found in Kenya Monday, December...
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dskryja@...
Dec 4, 2000 8:20 pm
I encountered this story after I had sent the previous one. ds. From http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/12/04/science.fossils.reut/index.html Scientists find...
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Chris Bonds
cbonds@...
Dec 4, 2000 8:42 pm
Good letter. Now we can see how they edit it (mine usually get edited somewhat, usually to their benefit, but sometimes they leave stuff out that I wanted in.)...
