HW: Swindon

[Nick Medford]

On Tue, 6 Nov 2001 11:54:13 GMT, M Holmes <fofp at HOLYROOD.ED.AC.UK> wrote:

What's really
>surprising is that these superstitions are held by otherwise educated
>people.

I'm surprised you find that surprising. There is ample evidence that
academic education affords only limited protection against the grand
follies of humanity, and in some cases may even exacerbate them. Not an
argument *against* education of course!

NM