From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Mon Dec 17 2001 - 02:04:07 MST
From: "Reason" <reason@exratio.com>
> From where I'm standing, religiosity looks like playing by someone else's
> rules & spirituality is making your own rules. But both seem to be
> representative of pretty much the same subjective, go-by-the-feel-of-it,
> take-it-on-faith, anti-scientific-method approach to life.
That's a good analysis, IMO. "Spirituality" is just another dishonest and
cowardly euphemism to hide superstitious nonsense. It's a surreptitious
attempt to oppose science.
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Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, cryonics, individual
uniqueness, ego, human values, scientific relinquishment, malevolent AI,
non-sensory experience, SETI
We move into a better future in proportion as science displaces superstition.
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