RE: Is There a Difference Between Trusting Scientists and Trusting Preachers?
July 18, 2016 at 7:30 pm
(This post was last modified: July 18, 2016 at 7:30 pm by bennyboy.)
I assume 100 people have already said what I'm about to say, but I'm pretty sure I don't want to read the whole thread.
We trust scientists because they represent a system of inquiry which is intrinsically trustable. If we find out a scientist isn't doing science properly, then out he goes.
Trusting a preacher represents a belief system which doesn't establish a trustable system of inquiry. Therefore his opinions aren't trustable-- EVEN IF the guy himself seems honest and reliable.
We trust scientists because they represent a system of inquiry which is intrinsically trustable. If we find out a scientist isn't doing science properly, then out he goes.
Trusting a preacher represents a belief system which doesn't establish a trustable system of inquiry. Therefore his opinions aren't trustable-- EVEN IF the guy himself seems honest and reliable.
