RE: 5 bombshells some atheists are not aware of
May 1, 2014 at 5:32 pm
(This post was last modified: May 1, 2014 at 5:37 pm by ManMachine.)
(May 1, 2014 at 5:30 pm)MindForgedManacle Wrote:(May 1, 2014 at 5:22 pm)ManMachine Wrote: Newton really didn't get into his flow until after his breakdown, which many believed was mercury or lead poisoning from his alchemy experiments. His early interest in the occult may have inadvertently unlocked his later genius, in a roundabout way.
MM
Quite unlikely given Newton's brilliance was definitively established at least as early as when he was 23, which is when he invented calculus.
I'm not saying he wasn't a genius as a young man, I'm saying he went off the rails for a bit due to not being able to handle criticism of his early works and didn't regain his academic composure until 1703, his 'later genius' as it were.
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
