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To: koan who wrote (8755)	12/5/2010 5:38:24 PM
From: Lane3	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

That is the point I was making. OK, then your point was straying off topic. I was trying to stay on topic <g> it makes him or her either a liar, lazy with reality, or worse delusional. Sure, but that doesn't make him or her stupid, which was the hypothesis on the table. What could be a good reason for denying evolution? 1. People lie and distort reality all the time to out of support for their own. Identifying/bonding with groups is critically human. I may place a higher value on intellectual integrity than on group identification but most people don't. They meld with their clans. They either change their opinions to those of the group or they pretend to. 2. For true believers, because it defies the word of God. For the faithful, that trumps everything. Personally, I can't remotely relate to that, but it is not hard to comprehend. Easier to comprehend even than evolution. <g> Most conservatives also are denying global warming too You really should stop repeating that. It's absurd. Climate changes. Always has and always will. One need only visit the Petrified Forest in Arizona to see how what was once rain forest is now desert. Now, lots of folks, not just conservatives, are put off by the hype and hysteria and quasi-religious fervor, are skeptical about voodoo output from some of the models, and/or don't agree with the actions proposed to counter it, but hardly anyone fails to recognize climate change. The failure to think critically and differentiate the various sub-issues is a key feature of our political polarization, hostility, and lack of good governance. Everything is forced into black and white. The climate issue is more complex than that. If you have any actual interest in understanding the issue, I can offer a source. If you just want to dig in and throw partisan spitballs, I won't bother.