Dave - The problem with your observation is that for every crazy-sounding prophesy that came true there are at least ten (if not more) that didn't. They were total BS.
Critical thinking works both ways. Yes we don't accept the manufactured narrative at face value, but we also don't accept every lunatic-fringe explanation at face value eit…
Dave - The problem with your observation is that for every crazy-sounding prophesy that came true there are at least ten (if not more) that didn't. They were total BS.
Critical thinking works both ways. Yes we don't accept the manufactured narrative at face value, but we also don't accept every lunatic-fringe explanation at face value either. We use our God-given reason to evaluate the available evidence and judge it against our life experiences.
We all make fun of the Covid maniacs for their inability to exercise critical thought and their triple-masking and hiding indoors. How is it any different when we accept looney-tunes explanations without evaluating it ourselves?
Replacing one set of extreme dogma with the polar opposite extreme dogma is not an improvement.
What is important is the truthfulness, the accuracy, and the validity first of presuppositions, whether stated or unstated in any give argument. After that, it's the truth and validity of what we have in our heads as a priori body of knowledge. Have the wrong body of would be knowledge, then surely its garbage in, garbage out. Reason alone is not enough. Reason has it limits. And reason without a sound body of knowledge and a heanu dose of wisdom can easily become the destroyer of the worlds.
I take your points. However, my comment was more directed towards HARP ... and not so much towards ice castles, ice walls and flashlight moons. Given the confusion, maybe I should make an application to Foggy Bottom? Where fog is more the norm.
Dave - The problem with your observation is that for every crazy-sounding prophesy that came true there are at least ten (if not more) that didn't. They were total BS.
Critical thinking works both ways. Yes we don't accept the manufactured narrative at face value, but we also don't accept every lunatic-fringe explanation at face value either. We use our God-given reason to evaluate the available evidence and judge it against our life experiences.
We all make fun of the Covid maniacs for their inability to exercise critical thought and their triple-masking and hiding indoors. How is it any different when we accept looney-tunes explanations without evaluating it ourselves?
Replacing one set of extreme dogma with the polar opposite extreme dogma is not an improvement.
What is important is the truthfulness, the accuracy, and the validity first of presuppositions, whether stated or unstated in any give argument. After that, it's the truth and validity of what we have in our heads as a priori body of knowledge. Have the wrong body of would be knowledge, then surely its garbage in, garbage out. Reason alone is not enough. Reason has it limits. And reason without a sound body of knowledge and a heanu dose of wisdom can easily become the destroyer of the worlds.
I take your points. However, my comment was more directed towards HARP ... and not so much towards ice castles, ice walls and flashlight moons. Given the confusion, maybe I should make an application to Foggy Bottom? Where fog is more the norm.