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Hello Adrian,

On Tue, 29 Aug 2023, Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat wrote:

> 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.

Yes, those discussions are always quite fascinating. In my youth I used
to have those a lot, but the last decade or two, not so much any longer.
In terms of religion, I'm convinced that the two best interpretations of
that phenomenon is either a very subjetive mystical approach, that will
never be communicable. My lighter interpretation is more pragmatic, in
that it might make some people more pleasant. On the other hand, it can
also make some people more unpleasant, so its not clear cut.

Well, I'm drifting off topic, so I'll just finish here. ;)

Best regards, 
Daniel


>  
>       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. 
> 
>