On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > Earlier you said that humans cannot be objective. So how can someone > 'challenge facts and positions equally' if they already have an opinion one > way or the other?
Judah pretty much explained it, and Gruss even pulled out a salient bit which addresses this specific question. There's some Buddah-- er, Buddha-- quote, sorta like: "don't believe what I say because I say it, believe it because you've arrived there yourself" or some-such. Even without understanding squat, really, we've arrived at transistors and what-have-you. The fallacy is thinking we really *know* stuff tho, ya know? Getting invested in our frameworks and constructs so much that we close up. Maybe. Who knows-- reality ain't exactly understood (tho we still get by, neh?) =] -- Quarrels often arise in marriages when the bridal gifts are excessive. Antisthenes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:277114 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
