Comments on: The argument from oranges http://blog.tmorris.net/the-argument-from-oranges/ The weblog of Tony Morris Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:44:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Steve http://blog.tmorris.net/the-argument-from-oranges/#comment-2126 Steve Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:12:48 +0000 http://blog.tmorris.net/the-argument-from-oranges/#comment-2126 Yeah the humour is obvious! The bloke is obviously intelligent but his argument is wilfully stupid - something that religious fundamentalism does to otherwise smart people. Often such people are of above-average intelligence (in my experience) but the price fundamentalism extracts is that they end up behaving very stupidly. The benefits they receive are a certainty they are rigth and a rigid little system that can explain everything (but don't look too closely or else you'll see it actually explains nothing and contradicts the evidence). Steve Yeah the humour is obvious! The bloke is obviously intelligent but his argument is wilfully stupid - something that religious fundamentalism does to otherwise smart people. Often such people are of above-average intelligence (in my experience) but the price fundamentalism extracts is that they end up behaving very stupidly.

The benefits they receive are a certainty they are rigth and a rigid little system that can explain everything (but don’t look too closely or else you’ll see it actually explains nothing and contradicts the evidence).

Steve

]]> By: Tony Morris http://blog.tmorris.net/the-argument-from-oranges/#comment-2125 Tony Morris Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:24:30 +0000 http://blog.tmorris.net/the-argument-from-oranges/#comment-2125 Pseudonym, Steve, I agree, I used a poor choice of word there. I hope it doesn't detract from the humour ;) Pseudonym, Steve,
I agree, I used a poor choice of word there.

I hope it doesn’t detract from the humour ;)

]]> By: Steve http://blog.tmorris.net/the-argument-from-oranges/#comment-2124 Steve Sun, 17 Feb 2008 11:34:03 +0000 http://blog.tmorris.net/the-argument-from-oranges/#comment-2124 Tony, You forgot to enumerate the final option: complete denial of the demonstrable facts and assertion that the Bible is absolutely correct. I've experience of such thinking and even when you prove the obvious contradictions in the Bible they simply assert that the circle is square. As Pseudonym says not all theists are so delusional. The creationists are the most extreme, most wilfully stupid of them. Often smart people made dumb by their ideas. Steve Tony,

You forgot to enumerate the final option: complete denial of the demonstrable facts and assertion that the Bible is absolutely correct. I’ve experience of such thinking and even when you prove the obvious contradictions in the Bible they simply assert that the circle is square.

As Pseudonym says not all theists are so delusional. The creationists are the most extreme, most wilfully stupid of them. Often smart people made dumb by their ideas.

Steve

]]> By: Pseudonym http://blog.tmorris.net/the-argument-from-oranges/#comment-2123 Pseudonym Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:30:15 +0000 http://blog.tmorris.net/the-argument-from-oranges/#comment-2123 By "theist", you of course meant "creationist" (or possibly "cdesign proponentsist"). Yeah, yeah, I know. But the distinction is important. If it wasn't for theists who actually understand evolution (e.g. Ken Miller), the Dover case might have been lost. So FSM bless them, I say. By “theist”, you of course meant “creationist” (or possibly “cdesign proponentsist”).
Yeah, yeah, I know. But the distinction is important. If it wasn’t for theists who actually understand evolution (e.g. Ken Miller), the Dover case might have been lost. So FSM bless them, I say.

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