On Thursday, June 13, 2019 at 6:27:30 AM UTC-5, Bruno Marchal wrote: > > > On 12 Jun 2019, at 05:09, spudboy100 via Everything List < > [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > > iI like the Pastafatians. However I am not against religion, just the > mentality of the fanatic. > Fanaticism usually means If you don't obey us, we will kill you > This mentality is not just hugely, seen, among the Islamists. > But also, their political chums, the Progressives (socialists & communists > who are funded by billionaires) > There is also, surprisingly to myself, great self-righteousness expressed > by this lot, in excess, of the Christian fundamentalist. > Beyond this, if Atheism works for you? Spectacular. If doing religious > craps allow one to enjoy some psycho-social activity? Splendid. > I do love Outre' observations by some physicists, because it permits our > species to break free. I mean it's physics, it's either going to work or > not, right? On the other hand, a gigantic budget would be required to test > some conjectures. > > > Yes, the problem is not any domain per se, but the fanaticism of those who > claim to know the truth, again, that works for any domain. > > But sometimes, a political authoritative regime choose some domain to make > truth claim, like Lyssenko in USSR genetics, or like with the frequent use > of religion by unscrupulous manipulators. > > People who claim not having a religion are usually people not aware of > their hypotheses. They take something fro granted, unconsciously. It is > normal, as we have plausibly been “programmed” in that way, for survival > purposes. > > Bruno >
Feyerabend wrote of scientific fundamentalism, being indoctrinated into a particular theory as being TRUTH. @philipthrift -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/df8fdb28-723d-4c56-9b6d-c91c212a5049%40googlegroups.com.
