Difference between "How" and "Why".

Not that I think anyone on any of my friends lists actually need to be reminded of this - I just haven't been able to yell any religous nutjobs in person today.

Today is the 150th anniversary of the publication of "On the Origins of Species".

Remember, you don't have to "believe" in evolution. As a natural and scientifically observable process, it happens whether you believe it does or not. No faith involved. It cannot be up for debate, because it is not a matter of opinion.

If you want to have a debate about why it happens, go ahead, sit down with your friendly neighborhood theologians or philosophers, be they Christian, or Buddhist, or atheist, or whatever. Hash out amongst yourselves whether life creates itself, or Earth was commissioned by mice for a scientific study, or somebodies "God" started it, or that we were manufactured on Mars and shipped here in bubble wrap (thanks to my brother-in-law for that one). Have a nice dinner and a few drinks while you're at it - it might as well be pleasant, since all you'll be engaging in is an armchair debate.

This rant brought to you by the days of old-school journalism, when people understood that
Why
When
Where
Who
and How,
are actually all separate questions.

Be seeing you.