Yes, and chess opens a window onto my own mind -- the mountain I have to climb. But sometimes people who are fantastic chess players can't be trusted in any practical matters.
Originally posted by black beetle Of course you are fully aware that you are obnoxious, my honey-tongue brother. The quality inside me that bothers you is a mirror of yourself.
And then we laugh!
Originally posted by black beetle It cannot.
It works solely because of the egoism. The jazz deriving after that, well yes is mirrors.
Avoid egoism and those mirrors are broken
What I mean is that the central tenet of the belief system can be purely arbitrary, provided that people buy into it -- which they usually do precisely, as you say, for the sake of a perverse amour propre.
La Rochefoucauld is very good on egoism masquerading as charity and other virtues.
Needless to say, scientists are not exempt from egoism, which can lead to strange -- impurities.
Originally posted by Bosse de Nage What I mean is that the central tenet of the belief system can be purely arbitrary, provided that people buy into it -- which they usually do precisely, as you say, for the sake of a perverse amour propre.
La Rochefoucauld is very good on egoism masquerading as charity and other virtues.
Needless to say, scientists are not exempt from egoism, which can lead to strange -- impurities.
Originally posted by Bosse de Nage Using the language of science metaphorically, how would you describe this reaction?
No science over here! I would rather say that this sitiuation is like having your White King stuck on h1 and moving him fervently a square to the left in order to avoid to be chackmated, insisting that your move is legal;
Originally posted by black beetle No science over here! I would rather say that this sitiuation is like having your White King stuck on h1 and moving him fervently a square to the left in order to avoid to be chackmated, insisting that your move is legal;
Originally posted by black beetle For starters, are you talking about Dawkins? In such a case I think that his sociological views have a kinda stable basis;
Also, your second quote is somehow corresponding to my opinion. As a matter of fact there is no place for a scientist to hide should he try to interfere scientifically with issues which are not part of his field. It seems that the possible exemptions are validating this "rule".
Dawkins is one of many, but the cap would definitely fit him.
Your second paragraph is basically a No True Scotsman fallacy. Scientists are only human. That some do not fit your vision of what a "true" scientist should be is not very relevant.