top | item 34875928 (no title) refuse | 3 years ago "Belief is the death of thought"Robert Anton Wilson discuss order hn newest ggm|3 years ago Did the Fnord-inventor believe this, or did he have a rational basis? If its an axiom, its analogous to a belief in as much as it's a given. If its a sound bite, he's handwaving. refuse|3 years ago Sounds like a decent thought to me. unknown|3 years ago [deleted] michaelsbradley|3 years ago “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth…”https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/d... rcoveson|3 years ago That's like Jeff Bezos saying "one-click shopping and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of efficiency".In the metaphorical "body" of human "contemplation of truth", reason is the cerebrum and faith is the appendix. load replies (3)
ggm|3 years ago Did the Fnord-inventor believe this, or did he have a rational basis? If its an axiom, its analogous to a belief in as much as it's a given. If its a sound bite, he's handwaving. refuse|3 years ago Sounds like a decent thought to me.
michaelsbradley|3 years ago “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth…”https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/d... rcoveson|3 years ago That's like Jeff Bezos saying "one-click shopping and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of efficiency".In the metaphorical "body" of human "contemplation of truth", reason is the cerebrum and faith is the appendix. load replies (3)
rcoveson|3 years ago That's like Jeff Bezos saying "one-click shopping and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of efficiency".In the metaphorical "body" of human "contemplation of truth", reason is the cerebrum and faith is the appendix. load replies (3)
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https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/encyclicals/d...
rcoveson|3 years ago
In the metaphorical "body" of human "contemplation of truth", reason is the cerebrum and faith is the appendix.