Thursday, November 09, 2006

Woman Sees Angel At Florida Fair?

And if you believe this one, I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you.

So a woman and her kids go to the Florida State Fair and ride the Ferris Wheel. She takes a digital picture and later discovers a strange shape in the frame. Now most folks would think, hum, well it was night and lots of lights. Maybe a moth flew in front of the camera. Not Catherine Austin. She believes the out-of-focus moth is an angel.

I have no problem with people believing in angels, or anything, but perhaps this story shows us why critical thinking should be taught in our schools. The old standby Occam’s Razor would tell us that the simplest explanation is probably the correct one. Apparently not in Florida.

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