HW: Swindon

[Ted Jackson]

On 6 Nov 2001, at 7:23, Nick Medford wrote:

> 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!
>
Well, Pat Buchanan went to Harvard...

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