RE: Evidence. Can't go there due to a prior committment
September 5, 2011 at 7:49 am
(This post was last modified: September 5, 2011 at 7:56 am by The Grand Nudger.)
Yes, I did say that, on the weight of that statement alone. I don't know anything else about the man, and his work in other areas may be brilliant. That, however, was a completely ignorant statement, pure hyperbole. Try to quantify that. Show me a point in time where magic kept people healthier, and alive longer. That our aspirations exceeded our ability? Is that the criticism buried in that mess of a statement? Lah-ti-fucking dah. The coloseum should have been three feet higher :
hakes fist::
As far as gaps. Is there much room left for Zues to throw lightning, or for the heavens and all the world to fall from Tiamats belly? Does Wakan Tanka make the buffalo run? No. Have you ever taken the time to delve into the breadth and scope of our collective superstitions? There was once, as Carl Sagan put it best, "a dryad for every tree". Where are they now?
If we are incorrect about the material world you need only point out the thing which we have misunderstood. We've been doing this a long time in fact. That's how we end up where we are, constantly refining our body of knowledge based upon simple principles, tests that can be run over and over. Sticking to one set of rules, instead of waffling about all over the board. If we hadn't done this, we'd be a bunch of ignorant migratory predators, cowering under a rock from the sound of thunder, and staring in awe at the god of fire. But hey, if we're wrong, you need only show us where.
Appealing to the great unknown is fine, as long as you don't feel that any opinion you hold is more valid than anyone else's. The problem is when aspects of the "great unknown" don't square up with the known. Then it's safe to call BS, and I do.
hakes fist::As far as gaps. Is there much room left for Zues to throw lightning, or for the heavens and all the world to fall from Tiamats belly? Does Wakan Tanka make the buffalo run? No. Have you ever taken the time to delve into the breadth and scope of our collective superstitions? There was once, as Carl Sagan put it best, "a dryad for every tree". Where are they now?
If we are incorrect about the material world you need only point out the thing which we have misunderstood. We've been doing this a long time in fact. That's how we end up where we are, constantly refining our body of knowledge based upon simple principles, tests that can be run over and over. Sticking to one set of rules, instead of waffling about all over the board. If we hadn't done this, we'd be a bunch of ignorant migratory predators, cowering under a rock from the sound of thunder, and staring in awe at the god of fire. But hey, if we're wrong, you need only show us where.
Appealing to the great unknown is fine, as long as you don't feel that any opinion you hold is more valid than anyone else's. The problem is when aspects of the "great unknown" don't square up with the known. Then it's safe to call BS, and I do.
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