tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486390395644579022.post4686042078077704603..comments2020-01-16T14:24:54.513+03:00Comments on Youthful Follies: Science against Religionvacuus viatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07511253135488142808noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3486390395644579022.post-87012275826707303172014-05-12T22:43:36.704+03:002014-05-12T22:43:36.704+03:00The real problem that I see here is one that resis...The real problem that I see here is one that resists reduction to a convenient dichotomy between science and religion. Groups of people have a tendency to exist, and to enforce themselves violently and unnecessarily on others, employing various pressure-tactics that will always be questionable (the same way every insight we have is questionable, whether or not we become what the world would call scientists or priests). I don't believe naively in the safety of the mob that screams "Science!" (and tries to force people to eat "heart-healthy" food) any more than I believe naively in the safety of the mob that screams "Religion!" (and tries to force people to eat "spirit-healthy" food). I don't believe in forcing people to eat food. Period. I doubt the existence of objectively optimal diet (as something to know definitively for a large population, e.g. the religious or scientific community as it exists in a village or a nation, let alone the whole world).Persiushttp://argeiphontes.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com