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"Belief is the death of thought" Robert Anton Wilson

• ggm 4y ago
  Did the Fnord-inventor believe this, or did he have a rational basis? If its an axiom, its analogous to a belief in as much as it's a given. If its a sound bite, he's handwaving.
  • refuse 4y ago
    Sounds like a decent thought to me.
• michaelsbradley 4y ago
  “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth…” https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_jp-ii_enc_14091998_fides-et-ratio.html https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/d...
  • rcoveson 4y ago
    That's like Jeff Bezos saying "one-click shopping and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of efficiency". In the metaphorical "body" of human "contemplation of truth", reason is the cerebrum and faith is the appendix.
    • michaelsbradley 4y ago
      Naïve realism? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases
      • rcoveson 4y ago
        From the perspective of somebody that believes in (literal) books full of things that are--in whole or in part--fabrications, of course realism looks naïve. This flamewar is ancient and tired, like your dwindling religion of doomsday cultists and scientist killers.
        • michaelsbradley 4y ago
          I have no interest in flamewars. A reasonable discussion with other rational persons is something I appreciate, thankfully that can happen on HN; I find I equally enjoy that whether I’m simply reading such an exchange or engaging in it. Your previous reply-comments (to me) convey unprovoked hostility. Why?
          • rcoveson 4y ago
            Explain to me how a reasonable discussion could possibly proceed after throwing out a link to "Naive Realism". I won't defend my own comments. They're basically snark, boiling down to "religion bad reason good" (which I stand by). But don't try to take the high road now after you yourself replied to me with nothing but a Wikipedia fig leaf over "no you're just biased".
    • HKH2 4y ago
      In that metaphorical body, what is the amygdala?
      • aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 4y ago
        Little known fact: amygdalae come in pairs.
      • marcusverus 4y ago
        Ego.
    • marcusverus 4y ago
      Disagree. The appendix is (supposedly) useless, but faith does bring some utility, just in an oblique way. Faith drives common belief systems, which drive social cohesion.
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