my second post. (i promise i'll stop with the numbering.)
so the newly reconfigured supreme court is going to take up an abortion case. not too shocking, that. in my mind, it seems unlikely that the court will overturn so much precedent regarding so-called late-term abortion bans -- it's been upheld consistently that if a ban on these abortions does not adequately protect the health (and not just the life) of the mother, it's too restrictive and violates the constitutional rights of the mother. let's hope scalito and company don't go apeshit here, given the chance to make waves.
hold your hats gang.
so i'm also trying to think through a theory. as C and i were discussing on our way back from the OBX, i can't decide what function science fiction serves. is it a way for very intelligent people to imagine a world with a prime-mover other than the monotheistic "god" we all know and love (or think is a sham)? that is, does science fiction work by calling into question the possibility of the existence of a god other than the hardened laws of science?
i was also thinking that science fiction might operate within the ultimate intelligent design intellectual framework. it requires the suspension of disbelief, the disregard for many of science's immutable laws, and the utter indulgence of the reader in service of a higher power.
thoughts? ponderings? there will be much more to come on this.
help me out here kids.
so the newly reconfigured supreme court is going to take up an abortion case. not too shocking, that. in my mind, it seems unlikely that the court will overturn so much precedent regarding so-called late-term abortion bans -- it's been upheld consistently that if a ban on these abortions does not adequately protect the health (and not just the life) of the mother, it's too restrictive and violates the constitutional rights of the mother. let's hope scalito and company don't go apeshit here, given the chance to make waves.
hold your hats gang.
so i'm also trying to think through a theory. as C and i were discussing on our way back from the OBX, i can't decide what function science fiction serves. is it a way for very intelligent people to imagine a world with a prime-mover other than the monotheistic "god" we all know and love (or think is a sham)? that is, does science fiction work by calling into question the possibility of the existence of a god other than the hardened laws of science?
i was also thinking that science fiction might operate within the ultimate intelligent design intellectual framework. it requires the suspension of disbelief, the disregard for many of science's immutable laws, and the utter indulgence of the reader in service of a higher power.
thoughts? ponderings? there will be much more to come on this.
help me out here kids.
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