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In reading a recent posting by [livejournal.com profile] madtechie2718 I came across an article in snopes that included several pictures of a protest last February in London. The protest was over the publication of the Danish cartoons that depicted Mohammad. One of the protesters carried the following sign: Read more... )
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Off and on over the last few years I've thought about a, for lack of a better term, gedankenexperiment related to the strong feelings and reactions people get when dealing with issues of origins. Over lunch I came up with another.

I'll have to admit that I created these, they reflect my worldview (or perhaps I should say universview), so I am probably guilty of loading the dice a bit. But I'll have a go anyway. Experiment 1 )

Experiment 2 ) A couple comments about my experiments )

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Some people may have noticed that I often keep quiet during discussions of how origins should be taught -- although at Windycon I did bring up origins a bit, and then worked with the rest of the panel to move back away. However, since this issue probably won't go away, I figured I might as well make my case for why my answer is a qualified "I don't know."

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