(March 3, 2017 at 12:09 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:Neither can I. Instinct is just part of the data collected to verify things. By itself it isn't worth much.(March 3, 2017 at 10:20 am)Whateverist Wrote: Good that you acknowledge my bolded. But by extension what should one's stance be toward other 'instinctual' beliefs such as a flat earth or the rotation of every other object in the sky around our most special of planets? Do we just accept that which we're inclined to believe or attempt to gain a more comprehensive perspective?
My everyday stance is to trust but verify. The alternative is to doubt everything until proven otherwise. My point is that while the second has its place it shouldn't be considered the default position all the time for everything.
I cannot go through life on the assumption that my instincts are always wrong, or that my senses are entirety unreliable or that reason is ineffective.
"The last superstition of the human mind is the superstition that religion in itself is a good thing." - Samuel Porter Putnam