09-30-2010, 08:40 AM
(09-30-2010, 04:23 AM)Ali Quadir Wrote:(09-30-2010, 02:49 AM)cosmoethicism Wrote: Apologies before hand. I must say that I admired your resiliency and good nature trust in the systems that have alienated us for years..And what would this system be? The system of educating yourself and figuring out how things work for yourself so you don't need to be dependent all the time on external figures of authority?
Like for example the controversy journalists who thrive on ambiguity and uncertainty? Is their agenda really to enlighten you? Or to keep you hooked on their drug?
If you really believe genes have nothing to do with anything then you really haven't been paying attention... I agree that it's not the whole story.. But the suggestion that we are tabula rasa was uttered in seriousness last somewhere 50 years ago... We are clearly not and most people know better by now.
If you want to go into the evolution of behavior, let me know.
The scientific mistrust is misplaced. Science is not a group of people with an opinion or agenda. It is a methodology applicable by ANYONE including you and me. It has nothing to do with priests who tell us what to believe or organizations who impose a truth. It's a body of knowledge and a methodology that anyone can use to verify the body of knowledge.
The fact that some people have tried to hide their propaganda behind science doesn't make the propaganda true, and if people had a bit more insight in science they could call them out on that. But alas, instead we just decide to mistrust all of science...