It seems to me that this is in line with words that Einstein once said,
Meaning that to explain something you first start with fantasy or the most banal idea. Like, how is wind created? - some giant is blowing wind from his mouth.
Or thunder is created by Zeus. Or animals and humans are created by some adobe-wielding wizard.
And then you try to prove your ideas but find completely different answers.
Quote:Fantasy is way more important than knowledge because knowledge is limited.
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The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Meaning that to explain something you first start with fantasy or the most banal idea. Like, how is wind created? - some giant is blowing wind from his mouth.
Or thunder is created by Zeus. Or animals and humans are created by some adobe-wielding wizard.
And then you try to prove your ideas but find completely different answers.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
