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> When it becomes expedient to change our opinion, then we're very quick to do so. And even deny that ever had any other position.
by 77pt77 10y ago
> When it becomes expedient to change our opinion, then we're very quick to do so.
And even deny that ever had any other position.
- Mikeb85 10y agoOf course. That would be an admission we were wrong which goes against our worldview where we're right.
- Florin_Andrei 10y agoHuman beings are full of way-overcranked early optimizations. I guess that's what was required for the propagation of the selfish gene (and individuals be damned, Stalin-like), and you can't really blame a natural process - but sheesh, the whole thing just looks like a stinking pile of bad engineering. Maybe that's because I'm thinking from the side of the individual. The selfish genes, however, must be pretty happy with the result.
- 77pt77 10y ago> the whole thing just looks like a stinking pile of bad engineering Well, there is no engineering at all involved, so not really unexpected.
- majewsky 10y agoI never thought about it that way, but this is probably one of the most popular arguments about creationism. (There's a joke where people argue about the profession of God, based on his creation of man. The punchline is someone suggesting he must have been an architect, "because who else would send the sewer pipe through the amusement park.")
- FabHK 10y agoI fully agree, and I never said anything else.