tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post99431916933932908..comments2024-03-13T13:29:33.800-05:00Comments on SocraticGadfly: Lewontin crushes Dawkins, Sagan, and reminds us of problems with #scientismUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-64935910208753445002014-07-23T15:30:01.348-05:002014-07-23T15:30:01.348-05:00Thanks for being gracious.
I really like the Lewo...Thanks for being gracious.<br /><br />I really like the Lewontin review:<br /><br />"the problem [for Sagan] is to get them to reject irrational and supernatural explanations of the world, the demons that exist only in their imaginations, and to accept a social and intellectual apparatus, Science, as the only begetter of truth."<br /><br />That's a perfect description of the Gnu Atheist, who thinks any question that's not a scientific matter is just noise.mrhambrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17666290523350608380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-90544525385118574392014-07-22T15:03:22.449-05:002014-07-22T15:03:22.449-05:00Del, I've actually updated my blog post about ...Del, I've actually updated my blog post about Stedman's "memoir" far beyond what I originally posted on Amazon, and become more critical of him personally, at least the "person" in that "memoir."<br /><br />I'd still like to know why his dad is totally written out of the boo, among other things.<br /><br />===<br /><br />That said, he, and others (don't have to rely on him alone!) are right about aspects of Gnu Atheism, yes.<br /><br />And, definitely right on Jesus Mythicism.<br /><br />===<br /><br />To the degree an apology is needed, or still warranted, I'll take it.<br /><br />And, say that it's kind, and big, of you to do so after this much time.Gadflyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13075757287807731373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7532871.post-41370443865446877332014-07-22T14:31:00.590-05:002014-07-22T14:31:00.590-05:00"There can be no observations without an imme..."There can be no observations without an immense apparatus of preexisting theory."<br /><br />I agree. Proponents of scientism love to portray science as a disinterested search for Truth completely divorced from all economic, political, or philosophical context. That is, when they're not equating science with reality itself, or treating it like the adorable, hypercapable Science Boyfriend who tells them things, proves things, and finds things out.<br /><br />Snyder, I'm Del from Amazon, whom you chided for writing a nasty review of Chris Stedman's memoirs. I wanted to apologize. In the year since I posted that review, I've had a change of heart.<br /><br />I'm still an atheist, I still think Chris Stedman is a narcissistic clown, and I still think America is a hotbed of sanctimony. However, I realize that what Stedman calls 'toxic atheism' has a big part in keeping nonbelief from being normalized in the USA. Atheism is typified these days by the nasty, philosophically shallow keyboard warrior who idealizes Science and spouts dogma just as unthinkingly as any fundie Christian.<br /><br />I think the way the conspiracy theory called Jesus Mythicism has become the millennial litmus test for atheists was the straw that broke the camel's back for me. I didn't reject religion just to get caught up in another immature, irrational mindset.<br /><br />My apologies for coming off as such a closed-minded jerk. mrhambrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17666290523350608380noreply@blogger.com