I didn't realize how much of a pain editing the ID...

I didn't realize how much of a pain editing the ID3 tags of my MP3 collection was actually going to be. Thank goodness for the folks at MusicBrainz. Their Tagger software is helping me make progress. I'm doing that on my Windows machine so that I can read them better on my iPod. And in the meantime, I'm doing some laundry in prep for my road trip tomorrow. At this rate, I'll be done in time to get... oh, about 30 minutes of sleep sometime in the wee hours. :-p


On to other subjects...


In my English class this morning, my group had to present our basic evidence for our upcoming debates after the holiday. Our topic that we chose is the problem of the concept of "Intelligent Design" being that in science classes at public schools. I am on the team arguing against ID and I'm pretty sure we'll have a more solid argument. While I think the concept could pretty much be a given, it's really more of a philosophical question than something that can be illustrated with the scientific process. To me, science classes have always been more about learning how to look at the world and ask questions about how things work. Science is a process as well as the body of information born of that process. It's possible that Intelligent Design could actually be a plausible theory, but the way it is presented by its proponents, their way is the only way. And I've noticed that it has been fundamentalist Christians that are visibly pushing this as their way to get Creationism back into public schooling. Why have no other faiths stepped up for this? I'd be surprised to see a rabbi or a mullah bring this up as a good thing.


The basic point I'm trying to make is that ID is an excuse to not think, to not question. It stifles the intellectual discourse which has allowed science to help us make enormous progress towards the extended survival of the species--


I just realized I really digressed from the whole reason I brought this up. Anyway, we got into the debate and when we were done, I was pumped. It was very energizing to me to have a discussion like that. I've been missing that in a most of my conversations, even with other Mensans. Maybe I should rectify that... but not this weekend. This weekend, it's vacation time! Whoo-hoo!!!