Huh. I don't know why I missed all that, then -- looking back, I guess I was maybe busy reading pop math books at the time instead; I remember going through an awful lot of Martin Gardner. Maybe I just didn't start reading pop science until later. (We had a pretty awful bookstore, and though we had an awesome library I can't recall where the pop science would have lived -- whereas I remember exactly where the pop math books were -- which bolsters this hypothesis.)
The Noah's Ark article... reminds me of a lot of LDS theology, to be honest, this idea of picking some little bit to take super-literally and then constructing this elaborate Rube-Goldberg-like edifice to support it -- which maybe is not surprising, as LDS theology has its roots in the same sort of Great Awakening ideas that this kind of evangelism can probably trace back to as well. (Also: my parents-in-law, I think, have been to that exact museum!! although I think before they had all the Noah's Arks stuff)... um... sorry, what was your question again? :)
I really liked Orson Scott Card's take on Noah in Pastwatch, which I very much recommend to you if you haven't read it, for other reasons as well. (Pastwatch is from his Not Crazy period and in my opinion is one of his best works.)
One of the people I met at TIP is my best friend now; I lost touch with most of the others, although one of them just friended me on Facebook this summer :)
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Date: 2016-08-27 01:45 pm (UTC)The Noah's Ark article... reminds me of a lot of LDS theology, to be honest, this idea of picking some little bit to take super-literally and then constructing this elaborate Rube-Goldberg-like edifice to support it -- which maybe is not surprising, as LDS theology has its roots in the same sort of Great Awakening ideas that this kind of evangelism can probably trace back to as well. (Also: my parents-in-law, I think, have been to that exact museum!! although I think before they had all the Noah's Arks stuff)... um... sorry, what was your question again? :)
I really liked Orson Scott Card's take on Noah in Pastwatch, which I very much recommend to you if you haven't read it, for other reasons as well. (Pastwatch is from his Not Crazy period and in my opinion is one of his best works.)
One of the people I met at TIP is my best friend now; I lost touch with most of the others, although one of them just friended me on Facebook this summer :)