Martin
On Oct 20, 2004, at 2:13 PM, Turbulo at aol.com wrote:
> The tendency of conspiracy theorists to overestimate the ability of
> those in power to control events (in Doug's example, Al D'Amato) is
> similar, I think, to the religious impulse. Isn't it easier to
> understand crop failure by attributing it to a wrathful god than to
> study climatic conditions?