RE: Is There a Difference Between Trusting Scientists and Trusting Preachers?
July 14, 2016 at 2:13 pm
(July 14, 2016 at 5:49 am)Alex K Wrote:And I don't know exactly how the motor is connected to the carbonator, but I know a guy who knows everything and I'll let him guide my hands. By the way, if I fuck your car up, it won't be his fault. I'll take cash now.(July 14, 2016 at 5:46 am)chimp3 Wrote: Trusting the expertise of scientists is no different than trusting the expertise of an auto mechanic.
I would not bring my vehicle to a mechanic whose only credential is a claim to authority:
"I have never repaired a car before but I have a book that tells me everything I need to know."
I would not trust this mechanic. Especially if the book was written in 1949.
Or: I haven't looked under the hood yet, but I just had a personal revelation that you need to buy a new motor.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
