(June 22, 2015 at 10:33 pm)Randy Carson Wrote:(June 22, 2015 at 8:15 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: I myself question Dr. Brightlight, and try to verify what he taught; if I can't verify, then I continue with "I don't know" and "hopefully one day I can find out". That's what everyone should do. Thinking critically is one of the awesome things about being human, as Jenny pointed out. It's too bad you and your ilk don't practice it as much as you should.
"Ilk"? I have "ilk"?
becca, it would be great, I suppose, if we all re-examined everything we learn in life, but as anyone who has ever sat through even a freshman year of college can attest, no, what we're really doing is accepting what the professors tell us because they are the professors: iow, they are knowledgable and reliable.
Same with the Catholic Church. (Yes, it is.)
Actually, no. I sat through a crap ton of university, and I never once just accepted what any of my professors had to say. In fact, I pride myself on the fact that I triple and sometimes quadruple check everything I care about or need to know about. Speak for yourself; it's getting really old, your telling others how they think or live their lives.
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.