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Media eschatology: “The End is Nigh”

Posted on September 10th, 2008 by Michael

Sad to witness the childish reportage on TV news this evening about the BIG SCIENCE experiment at CERN tomorrow.

It’s the biggest scientific experiment ever. Up there with man-on-the-moon stuff.

Yet, 6 o’clock TV news sought to put “end-of-world” religious crackpot eschatologists on an equal footing with physicists as if both groups had an equal grasp on truth–with prediction odds of 50/50.

The news reported that the experiment “may or may not” cause the end of the world. Religion says YES and science says NO. “I guess we’ll just have to wait and see” reported the anchorman.

I wonder if he was a flat-earthist, too?  Grow up!

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