Big Bang?

[Paul Mackin]

On Oct 4, 2005, at 5:11 AM, John Carvill wrote:

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>> David Casseres wrote:
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>> It is monstrous that the antiscience movement has gathered so much
>> momentum that it shows up, in its most destructive form, on the
>> Pynchon list of all places.  The attack on science is an attack on
>> humanity, by way of attacking one of humanity's highest achievements.
>> As well attack literature itself, or philosophy, or music, or any of
>> the arts.  I fear for the culture that gave me birth, education,  
>> and a
>> lifetime of experience.
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> This about sums it up. It's upsetting, depressing, mystifying,
> angry-making, etc. to read about schools shoe-horning Creationism/ID
> into the syllabus, but to find it creeping into the Pynchon list?   
> It's
> one of those jarring experiences that's so affecting because so
> unexpected, like a little old lady swearing at you on the bus.
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> Grim times............
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Yes,  some p-listers have evidently been admitted to membership  
without proper vetting.