Burgy wrote:
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John W Burgeson [mailto:burgytwo@juno.com]
>Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 4:29 PM
>
>Glenn wrote: "And Neanderthals made flutes and whistles. To claim that
>they were merely bipedal mammals as Ross and Rana do is simply silly and
>totally ignores
>data. When are these apologists going to at least tell their supporters
>the
>anthropological facts?"
>
>My guess is that they have gone out on a limb far enough that to even
>acknowledge the existence of such findings would compromise their
>message. I do not think they do this maliciously, however. It is just the
>human condition to closely look at data that supports our position and to
>selectively ignore the rest. It is a condition which is very very hard to
>overcome, for one fools himself so easily.
The demands of humility aways require that we be ready to admit that we can
and often are, wrong.
glenn
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