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Re: Penguin Pete Debunks "Ease of Use" in GNU/Linux Myths

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____/ Snit on Wednesday 06 Jul 2011 13:38 : \____

> Roy Schestowitz stated in post 1526016.XLXkqSa3gR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 7/5/11
> 9:47 PM:
> 
>>>>>>>>> If you do not want your kids to learn science, don't remove science
>>>>>>>>> from
>>>>>>>>> the classroom, remove your kid from the classroom.  It is not like
>>>>>>>>> evolution is like sex ed where there might be objections to teaching
>>>>>>>>> details at inappropriate ages.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Sex education is embarrassing to young people because we teach them to
>>>>>>>> be
>>>>>>>> embarrassed by it. It's not a natural deterrence.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> My kids, who just turned 4 and 6, have asked questions about where
>>>>>>> babies come from - and my wife and I have been very open to answering
>>>>>>> those
>>>>>>> questions directly and honesty (no stork stories in our house).  Still,
>>>>>>> we
>>>>>>> answer them at an age appropriate level - no need to talk about, say,
>>>>>>> birth control methods or details of arousal until she asks.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Some parents still use stork stories?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Or avoid the whole issue.
>>>> 
>>>> Gets harder to explain at some stage.
>>> 
>>> Well, it is similar to using "God" to explain all you do not want to
>>> discuss.
>> 
>> Argument from ignorance.
> 
> Not quite: that would be saying something like since we cannot prove beyond
> *any* doubt (reasonable or not) that someone is guilty, then they must be
> innocent (not just presumed so, but actually so).

We start from the false hypothesis which says the Sun God (or God metaphor for the Sun)
extends to our life and death (and 'after' death). 

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