> On 11 Aug 2015, at 10:26 pm, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]> wrote: > > No doubt that it would be interesting to look at. Salvia has been called a > cure of ... atheism (the non agnostic one 'course). Not that it makes you > believe in anything new, it just shows reasons to doubt more, and to > recognize we are more ignorant that we would have been able to conceive > before. > > Bruno
Well, that’s it, surely. The Idiot Test administered in this way has as a basic assumption that only what might be called The True Public Idiot is by nature incapable of changing or modifying his stated beliefs. A hallmark of idiocy is absolute certainty. In this light, Richard Dawkins for example, qualifies pretty much as a TPI. The other thing about this possible theological definition of ‘idiocy’ is: you will never meet an idiot who thinks the test was run fairly. This person has to accept that there is now an institution-backed sanction against them due to someone ticking a box marked ‘idiot’ next to their name. Still, they can justify themselves by saying how ‘in the past’ they changed their mind over certain matters when people whose opinions they could respect convinced them otherwise. You might like to check this assertion by interviewing his mother or sister instead. You will never, therefore, catch a certified public idiot in the act of changing his beliefs. This is because he has never changed his beliefs in the past and will never in the future - not because you are unlucky in the matter of catching him at it. The ticking of the box marked ‘idiot’ is a truly serious business. True (ie incorrigible) Public Idiots are actually quite rare. Even David Icke had to kind of admit that he probably wasn’t the reincarnation of JC…proving therefore that he was capable of recognising the lie he was telling himself. This leads to further refinements of the concept: 1. An idiot is one who lies about core matters - but only to himself. Others long since realised he enjoys playing this game with himself and that any other setup would entail him in ceasing to enjoy the game. 2. ?? Please feel free to add your own refinement. Kim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
