Dumb and Dumber

“If humans  one day become extinct from catastrophic collision, there would be no greater tragedy in the history of human life in the universe. Not because we lacked the brain power to protect ourselves, but because we lacked the foresight.

The dominant species that replaces us in post- apocalyptic Earth, just might wonder, as they gaze upon our mounted skeletons in their natural history museums, why large headed Homo sapiens fared no better than the proverbial pea-brained dinosaurs.”  Neil deGrasse Tyson

I am extremely gratified to have someone as prominent as the great Neal deGrasse Tyson, state what I have been pointing out for several years; that pea brained dinosaurs ruled the earth for over 200 million years. They became extinct some 66 million years ago when an asteroid only eight miles across slammed into the ocean off the Yucatan Peninsula, causing darkness on the earth along with freezing temperatures and destroying most life.  

Meanwhile, we evolved into our present state a mere 200,000 years ago which means we have been here about 1/1000th the time that dinosaurs ruled the earth. Is there any reasonable thoughtful person, considering the way things are going now that thinks we will survive another 200 years, much less 200 thousand or 200 million. We constantly wage war on each other and much of it can be traced to religion. Look at what is going on in the Middle East where the majority is Muslim. Their population which stands at 1.6 billion is the fastest growing religion and the least educated.

When nations are ranked according to a human-development index, which measures such factors as life expectancy, literacy rates and educational attainment, the five highest ranked countries….Norway, Sweden, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands…are the least religious. (And also better educated)  Of the fifty countries at the bottom of the index, all are under-educated and intensely religious.

Whether atheism leads to positive social indicators are whether positive social indicators lead to atheism doesn’t matter. What matters is the idea that atheists are somehow less moral, honest or trustworthy has been dis-proven by study after study.