Interesting Articles Of Recent Days

Since I'm catching up on some blog reading, here are some of the more "thoughtful" and "interesting" articles from the past week.

1. This article from the Washington Post talks about how American's are just getting dumber. The author picks up on the trend of anti-rationalism and anti-intellectualism in our country. Sadly, this is also true in the church. The article also picks up on the danger of a video vs. print focus in media, and how this reduces the ability of kids to concentrate for longer periods, which is often required for higher levels of thinking. Interesting.

2. This is a cool article about a "computer" that dates from before the time of Christ. It's amazing that such a complex mechanical object existed that long ago. It has astounded scientists and historians. They think that there may have been much that was lost over the years... I've often wondered if the ancients were smarter than we think. After all, the capacity for intellectual thought has only decreased since the fall. I'm quite sure that Adam and Even had intellectual abilities that far exceeded ours. After all, they lived in a world barely tainted by sin and lived over 800 years. Think of all the wisdom and experience they had! Something was certainly lost after the flood...our lifespans radically decreased and our ability to retain knowledge dropped drastically following those days.