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I think talk of spirituality is just as asinine when scientists do it as when anyone else does. I can respect the demented insights of the true believer or zeal
by nathan_compton 3y ago
I think talk of spirituality is just as asinine when scientists do it as when anyone else does. I can respect the demented insights of the true believer or zealot, but when most scientists (or even regular people) talk about spirituality its usually just performative word salad.
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- mistermann 3y agoDo you care if your impression is accurate, or is that woo woo?
- nathan_compton 3y agoFrankly, I've never even understood what people are talking about when they talk about spirituality except some vaguely soothing bullshit only tenuously connected with any kind of actionable or knowable reality. The defining trait of "spiritual" people, in my experience, is the capacity to be satisfied with vague and sloppy thinking, at least in the realms they want to be "spiritual" about.
- mistermann 3y agoMy practice of spirituality mostly involves studying phenomena like the one you were experiencing as you wrote this comment. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_(religion) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_(religion) Perhaps now you can respond with some memes, then I can check where they fall in the distribution of responses from prior applications of this prompt.