Comment on Rationality Quotes Thread September 2015

Thu, 03 Sep 2015 03:34:46 GMT

Great quote, upvoted.

On a related note, the 9/7/2015 New Yorker has a lengthy article on the Salem Witchcraft Trials. The support of the trials provided by Cotton Mather is discussed at some length. The article also talks about Mather's advocacy for smallpox inoculations. That advocacy turned out to be just as controversial as his advocacy for the witchcraft trials; it led to someone tossing a bomb into Mather's window in November, 1721.

It is an interesting article and worth reading.

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