(April 27, 2015 at 7:00 pm)Surgenator Wrote:No "you."(April 27, 2015 at 5:48 am)bennyboy Wrote: So should I see science as a tool of the self-- a way to get better stuff, to enjoy more health, to add interest to my life? Or should I use science as a kind of razor, using it to identify and destroy those parts of my sense of self which are delusional, or counter-productive? It seems to me the complete annihilation of the self should give one the most objective power of observation and analysis-- but is this paying too high a price?
Why do you have to choose between the two? Why can't you remove the delusions and enhance your life at the same time? That's what I would do.
It is very important not to mistake hemlock for parsley, but to believe or not believe in God is not important at all. - Denis Diderot
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We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing. - Gore Vidal
