Signs Of Unintelligent Life
Dr. Bruce Grant reviews Barbara Forrest and Paul R. Gross' book, Creationism's Trojan Horse: The Wedge Of Intelligent Design, starting with a quote from the philosopher who actually coined the term "survival of the fittest":
ìThose who cavalierly reject the Theory of Evolution, as not adequately supported by facts, seem quite to forget that their own theory is supported by no facts at all.îóHerbert Spencer, 1820-1903
Small bit of trivia here without commentary-
Herbert Spencer is buried right across from Karl Marx in Highgate cemetary in London. Marx's tomb is still visited and flowered everyday by dozens, Spencers is unadorned. George Elliot is there also...
Anyone interested in that sort of thing should pay a visit to Highgate Cemetary- it is a really cool and spooky place.
eric at June 28, 2004 8:47 AM
I love a nice cemetery. Great place to see the sunrise when you're coming down off acid.
Lena at June 28, 2004 1:39 PM
So- wanna go to your hallucination or mine? I got a really cool Jerry bootleg......
eric at June 28, 2004 3:11 PM
Highgate Cemetery is so great. My wife has a wonderful book of photographs by John Gay, published in 1984 by the Friends of Highgate Cemetery (FHC), called "Highgate Cemetery - Victorian Valhalla." It's interesting to note (perhaps), that the cemetery was sold to the FHC in 1981 for a mere fifty pounds.
Curtis at June 28, 2004 6:57 PM
Would it be too passe for me to sing praises to Pere Lachaise? I communed with the spirit of Chopin there one steamy afternoon (while Amy shopped for bras at Bon Marche).
Eric -- A sunrise over the golf course is another a great way to taper off a night of LSD and Live Dead. If I had any brain cells left, I'd probably have wonderful memories...
Lena at June 28, 2004 10:54 PM
How about the sunrise over Haleakela (sp) in Hawaii? Another of this worlds must sees.
Pere Lachaise is great- I did my Jim Morrison pilgrimage a decade or so back.
A few years back while in New Orleans I wanted to see the famous above ground cemetaries, but they close some of them to the public because the crime was sooo bad.
And when I went to see my great grandfathers grave in Markinch, Scotland I was curious why so many of the ancient gravestones were lined up by one of the shacks- the graves are leased for 99 years, and after that period the gravestones are simply pulled up. Some gravestones were being sold to an American company that made coffee tables out of them!
Why are our cemetaries today so boring?
eric at June 29, 2004 8:26 AM
While surfing around, I found a remarkable site of cemetary art. For those interested:
www.northstargallery.com
eric at June 29, 2004 10:51 AM
My grandparents are buried in a wild and windy cemetery in southern Ireland. Everything is covered with sea salt and brambles. It's the creepiest place. I love it.
Lena McWeena at June 29, 2004 11:07 AM
I went to the cemetary art website. A nice quote there:
"The contemplation of beauty causes the soul to grow wings." -- Plato
A few other things have been known to grow with the contemplation of beauty.
Lena at June 29, 2004 8:19 PM