Charles P. Pierce article

Charles P. Pierce has a great article in the latest Esquire magazine (November issue). It's called "Greetings from Idiot America." It's all about how Americans have elevated their "gut instinct" to a level that's equal to, or even higher than rational thought. He takes on creationism in particular, showing it to be a prime example of this tendency. The people who believe in creationism have little to no regard for scientific facts and evidence. Science is seen as "elitist" and therefore not to be trusted.

Somehow, this mentality ties into 9/11...the desire to believe in a myth, however wrong it may be, is so strong that any evidence that might expose it to be a lie has to be suppressed. Also, the messenger has to be ridiculed so that nobody takes the message seriously.