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In its coverage of Harold Camping—the evangelist who believes that the end of the world will occur on May 21, 2011—The Washington Post asked, “What does your tradition teach about the end of the world?” Richard Dawkins provides his response.
“Science is not a tradition…” That’s all that needs being said. Well, that’s all that should need to be.
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There are a couple of researchers at the University of Washington with a lecture on “The Ends of the World: Astrobiology and Armageddon”.
They point out that there are a number of milestones that might be considered “The End” of the Earth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e8Q_4mdAnY
http://www.washington.edu/news/archive/3353
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Brilliant response from Dawkins, as always. I hope it gets a lot more attention than that idiot who set it off. It is plainly disgusting how much bad logic and manipulation people will use to tend to their own needs for attention.
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