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| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
nah, i dont buy that. and Enlightenment thinkers would be turning over in their grave to hear you utter such words 
its simply easier to read a few lines on a nutcase website than it is to do your own thinking and research on the subject. belief is there to fill the void created by ignorance. |
Exactly, and this is what I'm saying and, as a matter of fact, I'm not the only one saying this.
Edgar Morin once said that "The ideas we have are capable of having us", and this is sadly true. This is where extremism comes from. In fact, this so-called belief can easily be combined with most (if not all) other -isms: that's the birth of blind Vegetarianism, Christianism, Atheism, Marxism, Racism, Existentialism and so on. Unfortunately, you can't help having people crave for an ideology/belief. I find Camus' ideas on philosophical suicide quite interesting, and it concerns this issue.
It's a philosophical suicide really, and that's why you sometimes witness irrational acceptance or refusal of a proposition. Emotions play an important role in our life. If we're physically threatened, we feel fear (and find ourselves in a fight or flight situation, be it physically or mentally). Now, if you have an emotional need for a belief - if finding out the truth is painful to you for some reason, and this belief is threatened, you feel a similar fear.
There was this bus driver I knew that could accept the fact that the men landed on the moon because that would go against God's will, according to him. He needed that protection... "God" knows why 
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
see, it sounds like a legitimate question, doesnt it? but Omega_M's reply merely highlights the fact that pvdAngel doesnt know what the fuck theyre talking about. as if nobody would notice the lack of stars but this hotshot detective finally worked it out 40 years later.
it just gets tired watching these spotty-faced highschool students parading their stupidity for all to see, just coz they found some weird website that they dont have the knowledge to critique in the first place. (not directed at anyone in particular before any of you babies start crying). |
I, once again, agree with you.
That's why I'd like to have the right not to vote (here in Brazil voting is compulsory). I've never meet the governor, I don't know anything about politics in general - unless you're a political scientist, deeply involved in the process, or someone who actually does as much research as possible by yourself, how the hell do you think you're competent to talk about politics? That's the most dangerous thing about doxa/"opinion" I can see.
People sometimes think they should have an opinion a priori, which often leads to pure non-sense, as you've explained here:
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
rule #1- if youre gonna fly in the face of accepted history and science, have a fucking clue what youre on about. indeed, be a fucking expert on the subject. the amount of work and effort put into landing on the moon would have been ridiculous, yet these armchair QBs sit there and have it all debunked after 5 minutes on www.ihavenofuckingidea.com  |
There are countless other examples we can find. I know that, being into linguistics, I've heard several absurd theories and prejudices.
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
if these clowns were people of note during the Enlightenment we'd all still be ruled by monarchs and superstition. |
I wouldn't be this optimistic about having defeated "monarchs" and "superstition" as rulers.
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