Martin Lord Rees apparently said this recently, in a speech about science and religion "'You can imagine eco-groups who imagine the world would be better off without human beings. We need to combat these new irrationalities and,..."
Now I'm not sure that this is irrational. It seems to me that it is a perfectly rational belief based on good evidence. What is not rational is to use the word 'rational' rhetorically, like that, as a way to maintain a fig-leaf of humanism. I'm seriously worried now that we can't have a rational debate with some of the scientific community because of unacknowledged comments to a-rational basic thinking tools and inadequately founded notions of morality.
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