Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Futurological Brickbats

Futurologists really have only four stories to tell with which they account for any real or imagined device, technique, or developmental moment: Genesis, Resurrection, Ascension, and Apocalypse. As any evangelist will tell you, that's more than enough to fleece a flock with.

Many more here.

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  1. > As any evangelist will tell you, that's more than enough
    > to fleece a flock with.

    Which still leaves my mouth hanging open, despite the fact that
    I know so well that it's an exhaustively-documented failing (evolutionary
    adaptation to social life?) of the human mind.

    Baltar: I had nothing to do with this. You know I had
    nothing to do with this.

    Number Six: You have an amazing capacity for self-deception.
    How do you do that?

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