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>>I was only questioning aspects of the phenomena that are currently unexplained Right. The "God In The Gaps". Again. The refuge of those who lack an actual e

by toss1 1y ago

>>I was only questioning aspects of the phenomena that are currently unexplained Right. The "God In The Gaps". Again. The refuge of those who lack an actual explanation. If that is what you meant, you should have explicitly stated it instead of requiring everyone to take "A more critical look [to] notice" As I said before, there IS definitely a phenomena as the free world is under attack. But trying to bootstrap that into something much larger doesn't cut it. You protest too much; you'd have been better off just taking the lesson by itself. We all make errors

alganet 1y ago
I don't quite understand your point. What is this "God In The Gaps" thing you mention?
- toss1 1y ago
  "'God of the gaps' is a theological concept that emerged in the 19th century, and revolves around the idea that gaps in scientific understanding are regarded as indications of the existence of God."[0] In this case, the analogy I'm making was to illustrate how you were trying to re-fit your original comment into the gaps in knowledge about the clusters of symptoms. Unsolicited advice worth less than you paid for it: It was not an awful initial concept, but it was neither well thought-through nor well-presented. We all make mistakes like that, just posting an initial thought, but as you can see, that occasionally goes awry, and in those cases it's best to just take the L and move on. Be well [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps
  - alganet 1y ago
    > It was not an awful initial concept, but it was neither well thought-through nor well-presented. I am looking forward to discussing such matters with people that are less compelled to observe style before content. I don't have the time or the luxury to wear fancy clothes, that's why I'm here on hacker news, which is supposed to be a place that does not require them. I do understand where you're coming from though.

by toss1 1y ago

alganet 1y ago

I don't quite understand your point. What is this "God In The Gaps" thing you mention?

toss1 1y ago
"'God of the gaps' is a theological concept that emerged in the 19th century, and revolves around the idea that gaps in scientific understanding are regarded as indications of the existence of God."[0] In this case, the analogy I'm making was to illustrate how you were trying to re-fit your original comment into the gaps in knowledge about the clusters of symptoms. Unsolicited advice worth less than you paid for it: It was not an awful initial concept, but it was neither well thought-through nor well-presented. We all make mistakes like that, just posting an initial thought, but as you can see, that occasionally goes awry, and in those cases it's best to just take the L and move on. Be well [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_of_the_gaps
- alganet 1y ago
  > It was not an awful initial concept, but it was neither well thought-through nor well-presented. I am looking forward to discussing such matters with people that are less compelled to observe style before content. I don't have the time or the luxury to wear fancy clothes, that's why I'm here on hacker news, which is supposed to be a place that does not require them. I do understand where you're coming from though.