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I think that's the reason it's possible, but how can you trust they've compartmentalized the right thing? Basically you can be a great surgeon and religious, b
by fossuser 6y ago
I think that's the reason it's possible, but how can you trust they've compartmentalized the right thing?
Basically you can be a great surgeon and religious, but you can't be a great evolutionary biologist and a creationist (at least not without some serious blinders).
If I'm talking to a doctor that's a creationist and they're skeptical about a vaccine - my prior would be that it's more likely this doctor was corrupted by anti-vaxx pseudoscience woo than has an accurate model of the vaccine's risk. I'd want to talk to someone who I know doesn't have a core example of corrupted reasoning.
- AuthorizedCust 6y agoI find your example is more strongly of the corruption of fundamentalism on the person rather than of compartmentalization.
- splithalf 6y agoI’d prefer my scientists to be less confident in their understanding of the world, and more humble about their knowledge. Maybe reading Kuhn does that for most people today, but there’s a long tradition of religion fulfilling a similar function, allowing “mystery” back in, emphasizing the imperfection of man. Religion should instill an attitude of “I don’t know, but I want to know.” That’s the right attitude for discovery.