Through No Divine Design Or Cosmic Plan,

In The Long Run, It Is Better To Understand The Way The World Really Is Rather Than How We Would Like It To Be.

Human History Is Highly Nonlinear And Unpredictable.

Mysteries Once Thought To Be Supernatural Or Paranormal Happenings - Such As Astronomical Or Meteorological Events - Are Incorporated Into Science Once Their Causes Are Understood.

As Karl Marx Once Noted: 'hegel Remarks Somewhere That All Great, World-historical Facts And Personages Occur, As It Were, Twice. He Forgot To Add: The First Time As Tragedy, The Second As Farce.' William Jennings Bryan And The Scopes Trial Was A Tragedy. The Creationists And Intelligent Design Theorists Are A Farce.

Conspiracies Are A Perennial Favorite For Television Producers Because There Is Always A Receptive Audience.