pfft

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These statements and Ratzinger's comment warning about the growing influence of superstitious forms of religion in Africa make me marvel at human capacity for cognitive dissidence. pfft, another morality-creationist.

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  • Evolution, selection, growth, mutations, and--pfft Again he tapped with his cane. —  F ;SF; - vol 091 issue 04-05 - October-November 1996
  • How about some sexy aliens, pfft, just look at Farscape. —  digg.com: Stories / Popular
  • Yet not one by Chalmers? pfft, now we know where Times 'editor's philosophical commitments lie! —  fragments of consciousness
  • He can go to Mars, but then once we see him - pfft - land on Mars, [snaps fingers] back to the story. —  Mystery Man on Film
  • IMHO, this kind of movement is just plain useless: MS won't be able to prove anything, but they won't lose anything by just trying to screw us (a few millions? pfft!). —  OSNews
 

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