Today, in a Freshman Critical Thinking class I am taking to fill time, the professor brought up this specific issue today (Privileging the Hypothesis that the LHC could destroy the world), and the issues of the Creationist who attacks evolutionary theory.

Even though I already have most of the tools he will be providing in class, the class will be an excellent opportunity to do two things: 1) Keep my GPA high, and 2) keep practicing critical thinking skills. I supposed that I could add other things for which it will be an excellent opportunity (such as finding others who are interested in similar topics, and possibly directing them to LW).

And, then this evening, I had to endure a group of ignorant men who spent most of the evening discussing how they could privilege each other's hypotheses about life (and all were incredibly wrong right from the beginning). Yet, I was not in a position to point out the errors being committed. I will probably do so next time. These guys are not idiots, just very misled and pointed in the wrong direction.

I will need to keep this post in mind, so that I may re-read it before next week. It will be valuable in helping the lost and uncritical minds out there.