Spero Daltas, F.A.A.R.'s definitions

benighted

1:overtaken by darkness or night.
2:existing in a state of intellectual, moral, or social
darkness : unenlightened.

Thus, Pinker points out that George W. Bush's benighted policy on stem cell research derives from an archaic conception of the Ghost in the Machine,the notion that "ensoulment" occurs when sperm meets egg, thereby presumably rendering each fertilized zygote a human being.

by Spero Daltas, F.A.A.R. July 24, 2008