Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Not fair
Honest and scientific people have noticed for a long time that the Gaian form of pseudoscience fills all the slots of a religion. By now this observation is trite. Gaia has an apocalypse, a messiah, and typical forms of sin and redemption. It makes predictions that are 100% wrong, and continues to maintain faith that someday all of its predictions will come true. The Hidden Warmth will get ya if ya don't watch out! Just you wait, unbelievers!
Suddenly realized.... this comparison is unfair to religion.
Traditional religions, at least in their more solid forms, make very few bad predictions.
They say lots of presently untestable things about presently untestable areas of life: souls, heaven, the thoughts of God, etc.
But when they make testable predictions about the consequences of actual human behavior, they're generally right. And they're closer to the mark than secular "sciences" like psychology and economics.
Suddenly realized.... this comparison is unfair to religion.
Traditional religions, at least in their more solid forms, make very few bad predictions.
They say lots of presently untestable things about presently untestable areas of life: souls, heaven, the thoughts of God, etc.
But when they make testable predictions about the consequences of actual human behavior, they're generally right. And they're closer to the mark than secular "sciences" like psychology and economics.
Labels: Carbon Cult
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