RE: Is rationalism a humanism?
August 15, 2023 at 1:45 pm
(This post was last modified: August 15, 2023 at 1:46 pm by Simon Moon.)
(August 15, 2023 at 1:43 am)MarcusA Wrote: And convince me if you can that the colour green is the colour green.
The color green is the label humans put on a specific wavelength (490 - 570 nm) of energy that travels in the form of electromagnetic waves. Our eyes detect that wavelength as the color green. People with colorblindness will not see green like people with normal eyesight, but they still detect the same wavelength of light.
Other animals and insects, will see the wavelength of 490 - 570 nm differently than we do.
But no matter what, the wavelength range of 490 - 570 nm still exists.
And humans, will continue to label that wavelength as green.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
