I reject that my acceptance is "blind," just because I haven't taken spectrograms of distant stars and verified that they are composed of the same stuff as our

I reject that my acceptance is "blind," just because I haven't taken spectrograms of distant stars and verified that they are composed of the same stuff as our sun doesn't mean I haven't engaged critically with the idea and evaluated it on merits. Honestly I am irked to be told that I need to be more humble about what I do and don't know by someone willing to immediately jump to conclusions about me, and I feel it undermines your point. Engaging with and understanding the world does routinely enrich my life, yes. I've seen a lot of really beautiful things because I've known what to look for out what is surprising or out of place, and I've known those things by being educated about the world. Here's one arbitrary recent example I discussed on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37442127 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37442127 But hey, you do you, if neither believing nor disbelieving in stars does it for you, go for it.