tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post3697463579693564698..comments2024-03-17T12:51:46.412-07:00Comments on Cutting Through The Crap: LabelsSid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-66880767587109069602012-04-19T06:31:09.421-07:002012-04-19T06:31:09.421-07:00Congrats, you came up on Pharyngula today. It'...Congrats, you came up on Pharyngula today. It's a good essay.Timmysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12740161456878839854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-75683699776599333482011-10-23T12:57:06.903-07:002011-10-23T12:57:06.903-07:00Well put. And you sent it from paradise on earth.Well put. And you sent it from paradise on earth.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-19082616641889906632011-10-23T12:22:19.623-07:002011-10-23T12:22:19.623-07:00Hi Sid, I just read this page from The Redeemer (d...Hi Sid, I just read this page from The Redeemer (detective series by Jo Nesbo). "Harry" makes a good case.<br />"'Are you a Christian?' <br />'No I'm a detective. I believe in proof.' {} 'I have problems with a religion which says that faith in itself is enough for a ticket to heaven. In other words, that the ideal is your ability to manipulate your own common sense to accept something your intellect rejects. It's the same model of intellectual submission that dictatorships have used throughout time, the concept of a higher reasoning without any obligation to discharge the burden of proof.' <br />The commander nodded. 'A considered objection, Inspector. And of course you are not the first to have made it. Nevertheless, there are a great many far more intelligent people than you or I who believe. Is that not a paradox to you?'<br />'No', Harry said. 'I meet a lot of people who are more intelligent than me. Some of them kill for reasons neither you nor I can fathom.'" <br />I thought you might be interested in this way of putting it too...<br />JLopez Soundsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-31461658402518051132011-10-23T09:19:51.662-07:002011-10-23T09:19:51.662-07:00I hadn't seen it, and I enjoyed watching. I th...I hadn't seen it, and I enjoyed watching. I think, however, that he begins with a false premise; namely, that science tends to think it knows everything, or has the tools to figure it out. And I've heard "new atheists" like Dawkins say that if there's proof of god, he'll accept it. Which any scientist would, I'd argue. <br /><br />There's an extent to which Eagleman is mischaracterizing both science and some atheists.<br /><br />Eagleman is arguing that we don't know everything and we should keep our minds open to possibilities, and explore them; which is .... science. <br /><br />In fact, as I scanned through the comments following the video, I learned Sam Harris had posted a response, which says pretty much what I just did. <a href="http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/whither-eagleman/" rel="nofollow">Here it is</a>.<br /><br />In a sense, it's quibbling. We agree on all of it, really, other than the idea that some atheists have closed their minds entirely.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4988839706387198339.post-70236309698321504902011-10-23T06:23:32.455-07:002011-10-23T06:23:32.455-07:00Sid, you've probably already seen this but if ...Sid, you've probably already seen this but if not...<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LENqnjZGX0ACalm Center of Tranquilityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15475654914436260753noreply@blogger.com