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Re:To tell someone they're wrong, first tell them how they'r... by Nursie on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @07:44AM (#12487159)
But you would still know that you had a moment of choosing unreality.

Don't people choose convenient fictions? Not people worth knowing, IMHO, no. People that choose inquiry over ignorance are the ones thay actually make stridea out of the darkness and got us where we are today.

"Belief" in science is the wrong way to think about it. Understanding that the scientific method has flaws but is still far superior as a tool to discover what is, rather than proclaim it without evidence or shy away into comforting fictions, seems the best way to approach knowledge.

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Re:To tell someone they're wrong, first tell them how they'r... by coldtea on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @09:50AM (#12488175)
>Don't people choose convenient fictions? Not people worth knowing, IMHO, no.

That's a convenient fiction to believe, but I haven't found it to be true in anybody.

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Re:To tell someone they're wrong, first tell them how they'r... by Nursie on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @09:57AM (#12488242)
That would be an opinion of mine, not a belief, that people worth knowing try not to hold on to fictions.

Whether they end up doing so is less important, they choose not to whenever the choice is apparent.

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Re:To tell someone they're wrong, first tell them how they'r... by coldtea on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @10:43AM (#12488664)
Not so sure about those "people worth knowing".

I've known wonderful artists and creative persons who absolutely could not give a flying duck for the "reality".

Was the person here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319061/ worth knowing?

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Re:To tell someone they're wrong, first tell them how they'r... by Nursie on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @10:50AM (#12488737)
A fun story, but not making pretensions to objective reality, which creationism certainly does.
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