A great comprehensive article by Rand Simberg about science as not only a set of facts but a philosophy about how to approach the world (and how the misunderstanding of approach versus conclusions leads to useless discussions of evolution and other hot topics):
More on Intelligent Design
(via the Daou Report)
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Good links (and nested links) on a deep topic covering rationality, belief, philosophy, education, and sure . . . science and religion.
Faithful readers (faithful to you, that is) are curious about your take on these matters, ACM. You've spent the majority of your life in science; evaluating, rejecting, provisionally accepting hypotheses based on data. Do those methods apply to your personal beliefs? To only a subset of your personal beliefs? Or is that not the way you frame such questions?
Devotedly,
Jeremy
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