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No; but it is a signal that indicates whether we're going in the right direction, or at least not in the wrong direction. When groups whose primary motivation
by pjkundert 2y ago
No; but it is a signal that indicates whether we're going in the right direction, or at least not in the wrong direction.
When groups whose primary motivation seems to indoctrinate innocents into a cult are pissed -- then I'm less worried.
Demanding mental assent to questionable claims to avoid punishment, regardless of questions about the predictive failure or successful outcomes of testing the hypotheses underlying those claims seems ... culty.
And, there's a lot of that in modern public schooling.
The first thing I ask my daughter whenever someone tells her to believe something, is "how could you know?". Quite often, the claimant has assiduously avoided informing her about how they "know" their claim is true. It's astonishing.
- squigz 2y ago> No; but it is a signal that indicates whether we're going in the right direction, or at least not in the wrong direction. This is... sadly contrarian, and really makes no logical sense.
- pjkundert 2y agoQED?
- rhelz 2y ago> When groups whose primary motivation seems to indoctrinate innocents into a cult are pissed Sounds to me you are worried that these "groups" won't let you indoctrinate innocents into your own cult.
- pjkundert 2y agoMaybe. Asking “how could you know?” only goes so far. It exposes that much of what you think you believe is actually based on faith.
- matrix87 2y agodo you have any specific examples?