The quest for truth is at it's core a religious one...a quest for something "larger" than oneself. On the other hand, the goal of predictability is tremendously boring, not bigger than oneself, and actually useful and relevant to the world. Hence the failed attempts by philosophers of science to conflate the two topics.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
Give up your quest for Santa Claus, God and Truth; they are the same problem, the same motivation, and the same solution; In the face of soul-crushing uncertainty, what do I do? Pretend hard enough and smile.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
8 comments:
"The quest for truth is at it's core a religious one"
What can you predict from that statement?
The statement is itself a religions one..simply an expressed article of feeling made to look like a proposition.
I'll keep playing with my lego's just like I did when i was a kid.
Rob,
I predict a strong emotional response to discussions of whether the concept is necessary.
I also feel out of sorts when I've just moved.
I never found answers to my existential angst in bell curves.
Great for making money, poor for lasting happiness.
BYF,
Heh. Good answer.
Anon,
I agree. The answers to existential angst won't be found there. You have to make up ideas that don't make much sense in order to quiet the existential angst. Or just develop a serenity such that you don't feel it. I like the serenity approach better.
Time to put on big boy pants - uncertainty is a bitch
Doesn't make life any more fun - other than the mystery of just not knowing...
So you have gone from the childish game of seeking truth to the adult game of trying to evoke strong emotional responses? :)
Post a Comment