tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post5388770650435227921..comments2024-03-02T02:26:00.928-05:00Comments on bleakonomy: Why I cannot take HuffPo seriouslytetracontadigonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04604381739383227553noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-37257252148032855532009-12-15T22:40:57.213-05:002009-12-15T22:40:57.213-05:00There are, fundamentally, three religions; number ...There are, fundamentally, three religions; number of gods equal 0 (atheism), number of gods equal 1 (JudeoChristian with Islam still stuck in the 7th century), and number of gods greater than or equal to aleph-null (Eastern mysticism, Mormonism). AFAICT, there is no rational way to choose between them. I'm in the 1 camp because it resonates with my view of existence. Of all the three, the aleph-null camp strikes me as the least intellectually coherent, but I grant that mystics aren't necessarily total flakes. Astrology, OTOH, is as reasonable as homeopathy, which is to say, it is screaming green nutters.Gadfly Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-89052908669065807172009-12-15T15:32:58.808-05:002009-12-15T15:32:58.808-05:00I will give both sides of the political spectrum e...I will give both sides of the political spectrum equal disdain for their anti-scientific beliefs. The Right has its love of abstinence-only sex education and adherence to creationist "science" curricula, and the Left has its antipathy for "Western medicine." Neither side has a monopoly on crazy.<br /><br />And there are plenty of adherents to Eastern mysticism (like, for example, a whole lot of Buddhists and Hindus) who are perfectly rational, intelligent people. Let's not paint with too broad a brush, please. Believing in reincarnation is really no less reasonable than believing in the virgin birth or walking on water.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11213051268392108382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5393996338560944889.post-58324017617588951942009-12-15T14:09:43.298-05:002009-12-15T14:09:43.298-05:00The HuffPo is a creature of its environment, and t...The HuffPo is a creature of its environment, and that environment is the political Left, home of the anti-Science crowd. Not a majority, perhaps, but a substantial minority of the Left is anti-Science. For all the mockery of the minority of the Right that doesn't believe in evolution, the Left has its <a href="http://pewforum.org/docs/?DocID=490" rel="nofollow">own little problems</a>; astrology, reincarnation, and Eastern mysticism are common beliefs of HuffPo readers. Homeopathic medicine is of a piece with all these anti-Science beliefs. HuffPo caters to that for eyeballs.Gadfly Johnnoreply@blogger.com