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Escapology Has One Thing Going For It That Probably Made Harry Houdini Such A Superstar In His Day And A Legend In The Present. Everyone Wants To Escape From Something. Taxes, Contracts, Illness, Work, The Multitude Of Burdens That We Chafe Under Are Shadows From Which We Want To Escape.

... We In The Usa Have Been Depending On Prayers, Pleading, And Self-abasement To A Deity To Bring Us Magical Advantages, And Have Been Encouraged To Attribute Our Prosperity And General Success Among Nations, To That Sort Of Action. In My Opinion, Hard Work And Dedication To Logic And Reason Ought To Be Recognized As The Reasons For Our Achievements, Not Appeals To A Mythical Friend-in-the-sky. We Got Where We Are In Spite Of, Not Because Of, Those Incantations.

Those Who Believe Without Reason Cannot Be Convinced By Reason.

Science Is A Search For Basic Truths About The Universe, A Search Which Develops Statements That Appear To Describe How The Universe Works, But Which Are Subject To Correction, Revision, Adjustment, Or Even Outright Rejection, Upon The Presentation Of Better Or Conflicting Evidence.

Feeling Better Is Not Actually Being Better.