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Lionel Mandrake

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20. It's difficult, but not impossible, for knowledge to disappear.

Reply to WovenGems (Reply #17)

Sat Jun 15, 2013, 12:09 PM

Jun 2013

For example, the knowledge of reading and writing that the Romans had brought to England disappeared soon after the Roman legions left in 410 CE. The 5th and 6th centuries are a dark age, for which there are very few written sources. Very little will ever be known about what happened in England during this period.

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Anti-evolution and the death of biology in Turkey [View all] Lionel Mandrake Jun 2013 OP

That is a shame. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2013 #1

The population on the planet is getting Ilsa Jun 2013 #2

I agree that the population is getting too large. CaliforniaPeggy Jun 2013 #3

Yeah, that too, if the dominating group Ilsa Jun 2013 #4

They will have to deal with the other tenant of Evolution; Natural Selection. nt Xipe Totec Jun 2013 #5

Let's not kid ourselves here. longship Jun 2013 #6

By what criterion is the USA only marginally above Turkey? Lionel Mandrake Jun 2013 #7

Level of public support for evolution pokerfan Jun 2013 #8

Interesting. Lionel Mandrake Jun 2013 #10

It's also apparently quite secular pokerfan Jun 2013 #13

It's difficult for many Icelanders to attend church. Lionel Mandrake Jun 2013 #15

In the USA support evolution is consistently near the bottom. longship Jun 2013 #9

Thanks for the clarification. Lionel Mandrake Jun 2013 #12

Well, they may not with bills like in LA becoming law. longship Jun 2013 #14

I don't think that chart provides much support for saying goldent Jun 2013 #18

Really? Not so much as you think. longship Jun 2013 #19

Louisiana is only one state, Lionel Mandrake Jun 2013 #21

Indeed. longship Jun 2013 #22

We're graded on an average, not based strictly on the top scores. JoeyT Jun 2013 #11

Here's a bigger image... DreamGypsy Jun 2013 #16

Knowledge WovenGems Jun 2013 #17

It's difficult, but not impossible, for knowledge to disappear. Lionel Mandrake Jun 2013 #20