Wednesday, November 30, 2005

fundaMentalists

Talking about possible future problems like climate change, loss of biological diversity and disease, Royal Society president Lord May says in a speech today
"Sadly, for many, the response is to retreat from complexity and difficulty by embracing the darkness of fundamentalist unreason. The Enlightenment's core values, which lie at the heart of the Royal Society - free, open, unpredjudiced, uninhibited questioning and enquiry; individual liberty; separation of church and state - are under serious threat from resurgent fundamentalism, West and East."

Amen to that, brother. (via the Register)

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