Open mindedness

[andrewducker]

I have a sceptical mindset, which means that I don't go around believing things without some reason to do so.

Recently, I've been contemplating Science and what it stands on, what assumptions it makes. One of the assumptions is that the universe acts in a consistent manner (the other two are sadly on the computer on which my girlfriend is currently writing a review of the Barber of Seville).

There's an interesting article on Kuro5hin on this very topic that's definitely worth a look at.

Comments

[spaj.livejournal.com]

"As for unquestioningly, I've already stated that I'm questioning them. Just not terribly hard at the moment, as I've never found any reason to, despite a fair bit of looking."

How can you say that? It makes little (no!) sense.

a) You've not questioned these before.
b) You're not questioning very hard
c) You're reason for not questioning them hard is because you've never found a reason to
d) You've not found a reason to because you've not questioned them before.
e) Despite a fair bit of looking? But.... you've never questioned these before. You said you'd always accepted them, in your original post...
On this logic, Andy, there wouldn't have been a wheel. Or fire.

[andrewducker]

I'd like to know where you got (a) from.

(b) is an 'at the moment' thing, and doesn't necessarily describe my actions in the past.

and I don't get where you get (c) from either.

[spaj.livejournal.com]

"Recently, I've been contemplating Science and what it stands on, what assumptions it makes"

Implying that you haven't contemplated this before. Maybe I'm just reading it wrongly, but this is where I got a) from.

"not terribly hard at the moment, as I've never found any reason to"

Uh, c) is really just a re-wording of what you wrote.

[andrewducker]

You are reading it wrong, but that's fair enough, it's ambiguous.

Basically, I used to have a lot more faith in 'stuff', which was slowly whittled away by the complete lack of any indication that I could find that there was actually 'stuff'. I used to assume things like Free Will and Souls and Ghosts. Not any more. Now they're still in there as possible, but with no evidence. But then so is Vishnu and Flying Pigs.