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Old 16-December-2005, 02:06 PM
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I voted 'no'. Rather, I simply roll my eyes, confident in my limited knowledge of science.

I did know a literalist once on my ship, and heard him discussing his idea with another person. He emphasized on the Earth being thousands, not millions, thousands of years old. He then added that all science is just theories.
Technically, he's only partially true. There is, of course, the theory of realitivity, theory of gravity, and so forth.
What was weirder is that after his talk, I realized that the very ship I was on contridicted his claim; science made possible the devices that provide power for the ship; our nuclear reactors are most definately a product of science.

Oddly enough, he wasn't the most compliant worker.
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