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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=031154801-20042010>I was studying today
the history of WW2, since I know almost nothing about it. Yes I know, that
is reprehensible. Specifically I was studying the Stalingrad
campaign, where the Germans went waaay up into Russia and froze
their Nazi asses. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=031154801-20042010>Too
often forget how very good we have it. We never had to go
against our will and fight a horrifying ground war under hopeless brutal
conditions. It is perhaps a disadvantage to being an atheist: I often wish
I had a god to thank for my good fortune.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=031154801-20042010>I am grateful for
many things. One of the things for which I am most grateful is being born
late enough in history to be able to get lectures like this one, right in my own
home, to able to listen to it on my own time, break it up in segments at my
own convenience, repeat any section I want as many times as I want, and all of
it free as the wind. How could we have any other attitude besides dynamic
optimism? </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=031154801-20042010>It is a great time
to be an information pacman. </SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=031154801-20042010>Do we have it made or what? </SPAN></FONT><FONT
size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=031154801-20042010>We are living a
dream.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=031154801-20042010>Genie Scott gives an
excellent lecture on Darwin:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial><A
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