http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2007/02/21/popular-ignorance-and-the-land-of-the-persecuted/ The daily...weekly...occasional journal by someone you don't know. Wed, 07 Jul 2010 06:54:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2007/02/21/popular-ignorance-and-the-land-of-the-persecuted/comment-page-1/#comment-5127 CelticBear Wed, 21 Feb 2007 21:14:04 +0000 http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2007/02/21/popular-ignorance-and-the-land-of-the-persecuted/#comment-5127 Yeah, I think I'd heard something about that as well.... I have to admit, though, now that I think about it, that I'd probably sit and do nothing but watch Kate Winslet or Gillian Anderson or Carl Sagan should one of them happen by. =) Yeah, I think I’d heard something about that as well….
I have to admit, though, now that I think about it, that I’d probably sit and do nothing but watch Kate Winslet or Gillian Anderson or Carl Sagan should one of them happen by. =)

]]> http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2007/02/21/popular-ignorance-and-the-land-of-the-persecuted/comment-page-1/#comment-5125 jennifer Wed, 21 Feb 2007 20:57:33 +0000 http://www.celticbear.com/weblog/2007/02/21/popular-ignorance-and-the-land-of-the-persecuted/#comment-5125 I was reading an online article last week about a study done on monkeys, which showed that the tendency of “idol worship” is fundamentally, genetically engineered us. Monkeys would go without food in exchange for the opportunity to sit and watch monkeys who were something of celebrities among the population. The most amusing part was that it was only the <em>stupid</em> monkeys who did it. I got interrupted, and now for the life of me I can’t find the article again. If I do, I’ll post it. I was reading an online article last week about a study done on monkeys, which showed that the tendency of “idol worship” is fundamentally, genetically engineered us. Monkeys would go without food in exchange for the opportunity to sit and watch monkeys who were something of celebrities among the population. The most amusing part was that it was only the stupid monkeys who did it. I got interrupted, and now for the life of me I can’t find the article again. If I do, I’ll post it.

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