Greetings good citizen, I sort of kicked this stone in yesterday's post and decided it was worthwhile to circle back for a closer look at the tenuous connection between facts and beliefs.
The sun is hot is a 'fact' you can prove to yourself with a magnifying glass. 90+ million miles away and its concentrated light can still ignite fires here on Earth.
God is King is somewhat more 'problematic' considering the 'divinity' of the almighty is totally reliant on faith and the hearsay of decidedly 'unreliable' witnesses.
Nobody doubts they would be incinerated if they got within a million miles of the sun's surface but SOME of those same individuals wholeheartedly BELIEVE that God could walk unharmed on the sun if it took it into it's mind to do such a thing...because the liars teach that God is 'all powerful'.
Not so handily answered is the conundrum of irresistible force vs immovable object [Can god create a rock he himself can't lift?]
Coloring outside the lines is where crazy comes from...and you don't need anyone to tell you that.
Um, 'coincidentally' I read an AP article this morning that referenced humanity's long term exposure to baseless, self serving bullshit and, unsurprisingly, it arrived at the very predictable conclusion that most people 'believe' what is passed off as 'news' is actually bullshit/opinion/emotions.
Facts require 'proof' [in as much as it is possible to produce them via experimentation.] As (human) awareness, er, 'deepens' we are often treated to the possibility that our 'proof' is tainted by our ability to measure it.
Yup, the pedallers of fine bullshit have reached into the bottom of their bag and produced their Trump card, the only thing we know for sure is DOUBT. [Like the illogical claim that light is the 'speed limit' of the physical universe.] The fact we are here (on Earth, not our planet of origin) disproves that dumb idea but not before it derailed further innovation from being gleaned from the 'theory' of 'relativity'.
The 'light rider' (clause in this case) was added to wrench further research and allow the feckless to capitalize on what they had already glimpsed.
Just as 'doubt' looms as the greatest roadblock to innovation standing in humanity's path that doesn't give us a pass to stop pressing forward...because if doubt is the enemy then how can we know if our pervasive IGNORANCE won't prove fatal?
[Prevailing BELIEF is 'what you don't know won't hurt/kill you' but we all know such platitudes are spoken completely without 'context'.]
How damning is it the naysayers rely solely on 'faith'? Chant the refrain children!
Don't need to tell the cognizant that the current social divide is due to our inability to sort fact from fiction or to punish the self serving for their falsehoods. [Exile needs to make a comeback with a vengeance!]
Life is uncertain enough without adding untrustworthiness to the list.
So where does that leave a civilization that is crumbling at the center because the few insist their lies are true?
On a greased skid, headed directly back to the dark ages when the truth was whatever they taught you it was.
Your mind was meant to be 'free' but it seems too few value that 'freedom'.
You know why these end when they do, Head.
Gegner
Yup, 'tools with feet' WANT to be told what to think (and do.)
The sun is hot is a 'fact' you can prove to yourself with a magnifying glass. 90+ million miles away and its concentrated light can still ignite fires here on Earth.
God is King is somewhat more 'problematic' considering the 'divinity' of the almighty is totally reliant on faith and the hearsay of decidedly 'unreliable' witnesses.
Nobody doubts they would be incinerated if they got within a million miles of the sun's surface but SOME of those same individuals wholeheartedly BELIEVE that God could walk unharmed on the sun if it took it into it's mind to do such a thing...because the liars teach that God is 'all powerful'.
Not so handily answered is the conundrum of irresistible force vs immovable object [Can god create a rock he himself can't lift?]
Coloring outside the lines is where crazy comes from...and you don't need anyone to tell you that.
Um, 'coincidentally' I read an AP article this morning that referenced humanity's long term exposure to baseless, self serving bullshit and, unsurprisingly, it arrived at the very predictable conclusion that most people 'believe' what is passed off as 'news' is actually bullshit/opinion/emotions.
Facts require 'proof' [in as much as it is possible to produce them via experimentation.] As (human) awareness, er, 'deepens' we are often treated to the possibility that our 'proof' is tainted by our ability to measure it.
Yup, the pedallers of fine bullshit have reached into the bottom of their bag and produced their Trump card, the only thing we know for sure is DOUBT. [Like the illogical claim that light is the 'speed limit' of the physical universe.] The fact we are here (on Earth, not our planet of origin) disproves that dumb idea but not before it derailed further innovation from being gleaned from the 'theory' of 'relativity'.
The 'light rider' (clause in this case) was added to wrench further research and allow the feckless to capitalize on what they had already glimpsed.
Just as 'doubt' looms as the greatest roadblock to innovation standing in humanity's path that doesn't give us a pass to stop pressing forward...because if doubt is the enemy then how can we know if our pervasive IGNORANCE won't prove fatal?
[Prevailing BELIEF is 'what you don't know won't hurt/kill you' but we all know such platitudes are spoken completely without 'context'.]
How damning is it the naysayers rely solely on 'faith'? Chant the refrain children!
Don't need to tell the cognizant that the current social divide is due to our inability to sort fact from fiction or to punish the self serving for their falsehoods. [Exile needs to make a comeback with a vengeance!]
Life is uncertain enough without adding untrustworthiness to the list.
So where does that leave a civilization that is crumbling at the center because the few insist their lies are true?
On a greased skid, headed directly back to the dark ages when the truth was whatever they taught you it was.
Your mind was meant to be 'free' but it seems too few value that 'freedom'.
You know why these end when they do, Head.
Gegner
Yup, 'tools with feet' WANT to be told what to think (and do.)
Your mind was meant to be 'free' but it seems too few value that 'freedom'.
ReplyDeleteSo where does that leave a civilization that is crumbling at the center because the few insist their lies are true?
ReplyDeleteOn a greased skid, headed directly back to the dark ages when the truth was whatever they taught you it was.
Yup, 'tools with feet' WANT to be told what to think (and do.)
ReplyDeleteEspecially ones that have been 'abandoned' like we have been.
Nobody doubts they would be incinerated if they got within a million miles of the sun's surface but SOME of those same individuals wholeheartedly BELIEVE that God could walk unharmed on the sun if it took it into it's mind to do such a thing...because the liars teach that God is 'all powerful'.
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