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Originally Posted by SigmaX  Can you really count cultural development as evolution, parsay? I mean, it's change, and there is some selection -- but it can also turn on a dime. I wouldn't be surprised if another dark age comes along and totally turns our current perspective upside-down. And if Al Gore is the best we can do against global warming, I wouldn't be surprised if that dark age isn't too far away.
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Al Gore is just a salesman, who has probably done some valuable educating too.
I prefer to believe in humanities positive potential, little can be gained by focusing on the negative.
As George Eliot said:
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.