[ExI] teachers

[Adrian Tymes]

On Tue, Aug 29, 2023 at 1:58 PM efc--- via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Thank you Adrian for finding the words for me to express my current
> position.
>

You are welcome. :)

I never thought that perhaps this might also apply to quantum physics,
> because so far, I got the feeling that people are very certain about
> things I perceive as uncertain.


Some are, and your self-description as "agnostic" is quite on the nose here.

How certain of, not just the existence of God, but one particular version,
is a typical Christian preacher giving a sermon?  How certain of the kamis
are Shinto priests?  How certain is a typical Buddhist guru that dharma
exists?  These would seem to be mutually contradictory positions, at least
in most cases.


> At the same time, I am not a physicist
> so I'm always cautious since the certainty could be based on knowledge I
> do not have.
>

There is a stereotype, with some truth, of someone who gets a PhD and
begins authoritatively lecturing - wrongly - on topics in every field, not
just the one their PhD is in (in which field their lectures get the
facts right).


> But apart from that, so far, I feel as if I'm pretty much in agreement
> with you here and in terms of discussion, you seem to have the
> theoretical knowledge to continue it profitably.
>

Partly just because I've had these debates before, and I remember the terms
that came up.
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