Re: What does an evolutionist actually believe?


"Sylvia Knörr" <sylvia.knoerr_NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Uh, it seems the Frankfurt School had more followers in the USA than in
> Europe! They were popular here in the 60ies, but then the interest faded,
> and aside from some academics, the common people today hardly know them.
> Do you think they had a greater impact on the American society?

They had a much greater impact on American society (and especially academia
and politics). Some of the most senior and influential people in the social
scientists are children or grandchildren of Frankfurt School's principal
adherents. Some of their best students went on to careers in politics, not
as politicians but as policy makers.

> (If you find my questions naive, you should know that I've never been to
> the
> USA, so I don't really know what it's like there - my image of America is
> based on what I get from the media and internet).

Verstand.

Right now, it's rather a messy situation. Most discussion of any sort,
whether academic, political, or religious, is being dominated by the loudest
voices on the most extreme sides. More disturbing is the domination of
scientific discussion by social and political arguments that are tangential
to the central points of discussion.

After many years living and visiting over most of the world, and even though
I enjoyed many of those countries (and especially Germany, especially
Munich), I chose to stay and live in the US. These days I am seriously
considering immigration.



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