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We're reading "The Left Hand of Darkness" 

During the months of January and February 2010 we'll all be reading and discussing Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Left Hand of Darkness." Now is the perfect time to order a copy of this science fiction novel so that you can receive it within a week or two and join the discussion. According to Wikipedia...




The basic principle of The Left Hand of Darkness is one that started in Ursula K. Le Guin's first novel in 1966 and runs through several of her early works: that of the interplanetary expansion started by the first race of humanity on the planet Hain and expanded across the universe, forming the League of  ...Read More...

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Why won't Dr. Richard Dawkins debate Creationists? 

I am a bit confused, I have read the Gould letter and comments from Dr. Richard Dawkins about not lending the legitimacy to Creationists which they desire, by engaging them in debate. Frankly, I think that is a copout, but it is a reason. The problem is that Dr. Richard Dawkins interviews some of the very people he refuses to debate.

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Seems like he really doesn't care about being associated with them provided that he controls the discussion.

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