(May 20, 2015 at 1:38 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: You nailed it, Pyrrho. And that's why I can't take WLC or anyone who cites him as a thinker to be reckoned with remotely seriously. He's another sad example of a reasonably bright person who has committed a kind of intellectual suicide in the name of his religion. It's disgusting and pathetic, more so because he makes a decent living pandering to idiots who crave a patina of intellectual respectability to conceal their bad consciences for believing such nonsense as their religion requires.
Yes, the money is generally better in charlatanism than in honesty. I am reminded of James Randi exposing frauds, and the difference in income between him and some of the frauds. However, for people with a conscience, honesty is necessary for a good night's sleep.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.
