Science and faith: two flowcharts: “Cory Doctorow:
Wellington Grey has two flowcharts, explaining the scientific method and the ‘faith’ method. For science, you get an idea, try it out empirically, evaluate it in the face of new evidence, and modify your idea accordingly. For faith, you get an idea, you believe in it.
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So how do you get out of bed everyday to face this shithouse world we live in?
I keep a bottle of old spice by the bed. You know that eddie….
richie
Hmmm…
Interesting for such a creative to be so dismissive of anything other than scientific method.
Does every motif you use in your compositions come as an idea which is then scientifically tested?
Have you not ever had an experience of a creative moment which is over and above the rational, logical and scientific?
Don’t you ever feel a certain ‘magic’ from great music or other art?
If so, is that really so different from the ‘faith’ in something over and above yourself that you dismiss so easily?
I don’t think you’re as cynical as you make out…
That kind of rationalist crap is death for the arts.
Just my two cents worth…
Jordan,
I agree. It is interesting.
Sometimes.
Yes.
I have a problem with the word ‘magic’, especially seeing as what we’re talking about here is religion. ‘Magic’ are tricks and illusions that make us think something has happened when it in fact hasn’t. Part of what makes magic work is ignoring what you know to be true so that the illusion may be maintained. That’s what this flowchart is about. History has a lot of stories about people dying and killing each other over issues of ‘magic’. Death and misery over nothing, an illusion. But to answer your question, I sometimes feel that way. Most times good art just makes me think and feel differently from what I normally do. I don’t call that ‘magic’.
No, not really. I guess unlike most people with religious faith, I don’t feel the need for a middle man (priest) or church type structure to come to terms with whatever that is. I try to be the best person I can and make some sound along the way. It seems like reasonable way to respond to ideas of a higher purpose. I don’t feel the need to convert or convince anyone regarding this. I don’t see people who live otherwise as ‘lost’.
I’m never cynical when I’m making out.
Art is already dead. It’s a lie that points to the truth. And since when is science not an art?
Have some change Jordan. Buy yourself some time to question your beliefs. It’s a healthy thing to question what you believe against what you know.
Very into to asking questions - of myself and others - which is why I asked some of you. Well answered too, so thanks. No middle man in my expression of the unknown either - just a community or bunch of people whose searchings are interestings to me. Keep up your work - I admire you.