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Friday, May 06, 2011

Futurological Brickbats

It is only a magical universe that can be a tragical one. The scientific imaginary cranks out nothing but consumers and coincidences. "Coincidence" is so much the spell that dispels magic it is easy to confuse its charm with the magic it displaces. And while it is true that science's toypile can never connect consumers with Heaven, Job's dungheap never managed that trick for sinners either.

More Futurological Brickbats here.

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