RE: Atheism and the existence of peanut butter
October 25, 2021 at 4:56 pm
(This post was last modified: October 25, 2021 at 5:04 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
There was never any evidence for a lumineferous aether, there were never any good arguments to believe as much based on what we did know, and nothing about us holding on to that idea helped - completely the opposite. That was, purely and succinctly, a demonstration of the power of institutional thinking. There may be good examples of us getting things wrong for effect, but that probably isn't one of them. It's just another word for witches.
I..personally, don't see the point in doling out consolation prizes to people who got shit wrong, and, as a consequence, enjoyed centuries of unearned acclaim that calcified into strong opposition to more accurate (and in many cases immediately and obviously or even pre-existingly more accurate) ideas about reality.
Good for them, they tried...some not quite so hard as others, for reasons. I hit a hell of alot of almost home runs when I played ball too. I get that we're angling for a "at east they were looking" sort of thing..but...at least looking for your keys in wisconsin means exactly what to finding the keys in your living room? Nothing other than active detriment, so far as I can tell.
I..personally, don't see the point in doling out consolation prizes to people who got shit wrong, and, as a consequence, enjoyed centuries of unearned acclaim that calcified into strong opposition to more accurate (and in many cases immediately and obviously or even pre-existingly more accurate) ideas about reality.
Good for them, they tried...some not quite so hard as others, for reasons. I hit a hell of alot of almost home runs when I played ball too. I get that we're angling for a "at east they were looking" sort of thing..but...at least looking for your keys in wisconsin means exactly what to finding the keys in your living room? Nothing other than active detriment, so far as I can tell.
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