Love Wrote:I just want to clarify a few points regarding my view of rationalism. I do not have a problem with this mode of thinking.
Quote:shamans in South America consume ayahuasca (DMT + an MAOI inhibitor) as a religious sacrement in order to communicate with "the spirits". These people firmly believe that plants, trees et cetera have a spirit. A rationalist would instantly dismiss it, ridicule it and say: "they are hallucinating and delusional", and the case is closed. It is this kind of arrogance that I find extremely unfair.
Quote:rationalism certainly is more helpful to humanity than fundamentalist dogma.
Quote:Rationalism is great, I am all for it, but it really does limit the richness of the human subjective experience.
There is only so much cognitive dissonance one mind can handle.
The bar has been raised.
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it" ~ Aristotle
