Sunday, September 13, 2009

faith and creativity

If we have faith in an imagined universe, that universe will be real, and will become real to others as they in turn have faith in it. This is the basis of all religions, including the religions of capitalism, of science, and of the "background" religion we know as society.
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  1. jbmooreSeptember 13, 2009 at 11:50 AM

    Yeah, but scientists' universes are suppose to be testable and are only valid until proven wrong. "The model is not the object or thing being studied, but an approximation". All other human universes are based on assumptions, beliefs, and delusions, and are taken at face value as the truth by most people. They generally aren't tested and we are starting to see cracks in their facades, especially capitalism's assumption that people have "earned" their huge salaries in spite of bankrupting their firms through accounting and mortgage fraud. Economics for the most part seems to be more art than science and, except for a few individuals, failed to see this train wreck coming. Then too, we've had a Dennis Moore moment where society has decided that the poor and middle class have to save the fortunes of the wealthy. Delusions are dropping all around us. Will we see clearly, or fall into another delusional trance?

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  2. George BreedSeptember 13, 2009 at 12:41 PM

    If we have faith in an imagined universe, that universe will be real, and will become real to others as they in turn have faith in it. This is the basis of all religions, including the religions of capitalism, of science, and of the "background" religion we know as society.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2009 at 1:29 PM

    We see the trunk, branches and shadows cast by 'science,' but usually not the tenuous set of assumptions to which its roots tenaciously cling. This set includes induction, the uniformity of nature and the principle of sufficient reason.

    These irrational elements support 'science,' allowing us to *do* 'science,' but they, themselves, must be assumed. And they are assumed--en mass--and this has breathed life into them...

    --MCB

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2009 at 3:15 PM

    Why not leave "science" and "religion" both behind? Could we ask different questions of our theories and philosophies and world views? How about a simple question: Is it helping?

    Sure, sure, "helping" is a relative thing, too....

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  5. anonymous julieSeptember 13, 2009 at 7:28 PM

    This seems like, we see what we want to see. With a different understanding of the definition of "want".

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