tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post2489697223793080198..comments2024-03-26T14:20:38.103-04:00Comments on The Thought Criminal: The Naive Faith of The High Priests Of Atheist Scientism Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-38297133891651238702017-03-27T18:16:03.111-04:002017-03-27T18:16:03.111-04:00"I remember a blog atheist throwing a quote f..."I remember a blog atheist throwing a quote from Sagan at me, the gist of which is that the day that extra-terrestrial life is found is the final nail in the coffin of religion."<br /><br />Well, maybe for a fundamentalist; but not for the Jesuit who first proposed the Big Bang Theory.<br /><br />Sagan was SUCH a putz.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-74226078459124668962017-03-26T11:45:08.351-04:002017-03-26T11:45:08.351-04:00I like Lewontin because he's honest about such...I like Lewontin because he's honest about such things. <br /><br />He doesn't seem to be the kind of naive reductionist, who believes that the same reductionist and mathematical models that work in quantum physics and even up into some relatively simple chemistry work for all aspects of reality but he obviously knows that's how the science game is played, even past the point where he can stomach pretending he doesn't now its unknowable efficacy. <br /><br />I respect his honesty and his rigorous thinking which is far better than most. The Thought Criminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01381376556757084468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764506766343254616.post-54613928240685446222017-03-26T11:41:01.533-04:002017-03-26T11:41:01.533-04:00In other words, in response to that Lewontin anecd...In other words, in response to that Lewontin anecdote: the light is so much better under the streetlamp!<br /><br />Kind of undercuts the whole idea that math is the universal language of the universe, too, doesn't it?<br /><br />Thinking is hard! It's hard!!! (Robot Chicken, the late lamented Adult Swim show, used that line in a parody of an MTV reality show, to underline what airheads the main characters of the show were. Sadly it never became enough of a meme to stand on its own, but I think of it a lot when I read about "controversies" like this.)Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.com