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...noting that in his scientific world the word theory "is not intended to convey uncertainty; for that purpose a scientist would use the word hypothesis." The book is hard on intelligent design, heaping scientific doubt on its key notion of "irreducible complexity" in phenomena like blood clotting, and theological scorn on its ultimate implications ("I.D. portrays the Almighty as a clumsy Creator, having to intervene at regular intervals to fix the inadequacies of His own initial plan ... this is a very unsatisfactory image"). (See TIME's religion covers...
...times his scorn was directed at agents of destruction, like the munitions manufacturers in "Masters of War." The song begins with a catalog of their sings ("You put a gun in my hand / And you hide from my eyes / And you turn and run farther / When the fast bullets fly") before imagining a suitable comeuppance ("And I hope that you die /And your death'll come soon. ... / And I'll stand o'er your grave / 'Til I'm sure that you're dead"). But more often the songwriter's derision was directed at someone who had committed no atrocity greater...
...into trouble when he denied that he was aware that Victor Conte, the Willy Wonka of designer steroids, had provided him with anything more than supplements—“flax seed oil”—to bulk up. While cheating in baseball is rightly being scorned and receiving the attention it deserves, another brand of physician-prescribed cheating is all but ignored today. I’m talking about the cheating that takes place in the academic sphere under the guise of the learning disability—in particular that associated with Adderall.Today, many physicians prescribe...
...oppose it and anything like it until it's withdrawn." Even many with sinecures in the public sector saw the law as the start of an invasive ultra-liberalism that would one day threaten their livelihoods. The young - those most in need of a leg up - heaped scorn on a law intended to help them. Serbian-born Zeljko Stojanovic, 19, joined the march with fellow high school students of foreign origin from the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis. "They want to close off immigration and doom young people to the lousy jobs nobody else will take," said Stojanovic, who wants...
...more successful outside India than at home. Alas, a similar problem plagues Nigeria. Those born in the 1970s who left to study in Britain and the U.S. now want to return home and apply the skills and business practices learned in the West. But their enthusiasm is met with scorn, suspicion and envy. I wonder whether Nigerians feel betrayed or fear the Western work ethic. Like the Indians, we are success stories in our adopted homes but not in the land of our birth. They say a prophet is never honored in his homeland, but they also say charity must...