RE: Tooth Fairy Bullshit
January 15, 2017 at 11:20 pm
(This post was last modified: January 15, 2017 at 11:23 pm by robvalue.)
Religion only "addresses" answers that may otherwise not yet have answers by making up answers. How is that helpful? Anyone can do that. It hardly takes religion to gap-fill with bullshit.
The only advantage in doing so is to make people feel better. Some people are clearly very uncomfortable with having unanswered questions. I can understand this, it's probably an evolutionary trait to encourage us to find answers. But it sadly seems to misfire when our ability to ask fundamental questions outstrips our scientific capabilities.
Some people seem to distrust science just because it doesn't answer everything; penalizing it for being honest enough to confess its limitations.
The thing is, we don't need to know the answers to everything in order to function perfectly well. And made-up answers are a deterrent to pursuing real answers, because they breed complacency and even resistance to progress.
The only advantage in doing so is to make people feel better. Some people are clearly very uncomfortable with having unanswered questions. I can understand this, it's probably an evolutionary trait to encourage us to find answers. But it sadly seems to misfire when our ability to ask fundamental questions outstrips our scientific capabilities.
Some people seem to distrust science just because it doesn't answer everything; penalizing it for being honest enough to confess its limitations.
The thing is, we don't need to know the answers to everything in order to function perfectly well. And made-up answers are a deterrent to pursuing real answers, because they breed complacency and even resistance to progress.
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