tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498149069472762986.post6487810225691553890..comments2023-10-22T04:50:28.588-07:00Comments on Life's Private Book: Dawkins on Intelligent DesignDavid T.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14828502773466162990noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498149069472762986.post-83176649462905072672012-07-24T11:27:20.335-07:002012-07-24T11:27:20.335-07:00I doubt whether Dawkins and his like have much int...I doubt whether Dawkins and his like have much interest in truth. The problem religion poses for them is that it leads us to question the activities of those who seek to act like God.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498149069472762986.post-30639294064211236872012-07-23T11:11:48.348-07:002012-07-23T11:11:48.348-07:00"There is no silver bullet to keep yourself f..."There is no silver bullet to keep yourself from error, only the subjective commitment to explore your own thinking (and to subject it to scrutiny through dialectic) to root out the things you think you know, but don't."<br /><br />Amen. Keep up the good work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498149069472762986.post-9923674804111037172012-07-23T08:15:17.022-07:002012-07-23T08:15:17.022-07:00That's right... and the mention of ancient Gre...That's right... and the mention of ancient Greece is appropriate. Socrates gave the one and only way to deal with the possibility of our cognitive fallability, and that is through dialectics. There is no silver bullet to keep yourself from error, only the subjective commitment to explore your own thinking (and to subject it to scrutiny through dialectic) to root out the things you think you know, but don't.David Thttp://www.lifesprivatebook.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8498149069472762986.post-86969185192495342162012-07-23T06:52:22.595-07:002012-07-23T06:52:22.595-07:00I really enjoy posts like this one since it shows ...I really enjoy posts like this one since it shows the blind spots of so many contmeporary thinkers. I read this article this morning:<br /><br />http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304388004577531270272951132.html?mod=WSJ_article_comments#articleTabs%3Darticle<br /><br /><br />In the last paragraph the writer concludes:<br /><br />"The origin of our tendency to confirmation bias is fairly obvious. Our brains were not built to find the truth but to make pragmatic judgments, check them cheaply and win arguments, whether we are in the right or in the wrong."<br /><br />I want to ask the writer how can he possibly know this Truth based on his views that our brains are not wired for the truth? <br /><br />My belief is that many of our contemporary thinkers in the media(newspapers, popular blogs, media) really don't care for the Truth and are more interested in selling books and being considered "smart" and/or "cutting edge". This is no different then Greece circa 500 BC. <br /> <br /><br />GordieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com