1/ The Enlightenment is NOT EVEN WRONG. Reason is not the source of progress. It is just a pile of cognitive biases, and vanity. The whole reason vs religion thing is a false dichotomy.
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2/ Everything that works is a tradition. "Tradition" in this context defined as pattern of behavior that is proven to work. Science is a tradition of what is proven to be true Genes are tradition of what is proven to survive Religion is a tradition of proven social technology
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3/ Science is not arrived at through reason. First countless samples are taken. Then a theory is developed to explain a pattern. The only "reason" is ABDUCTIVE reasoning that comes in at the very end after a tone of observation is done. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abductive_reasoning …
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4/ It is the endless accumulation of proof that does all the work. Reason just steals all the credit like a lazy ass.
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5/ Knowledge is accretive: it accumulates over time. Liberals posit a dichotomy between reason and faith, say that for one to survive the other must perish. It is remarkable how long this error has persisted. They want to throw out religion.
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6/ This is the vestigial organ fallacy. http://theanti-puritan.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-vestigial-organ-fallacy.html …
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7/ Trial and error is the basis of what is good, holy, and true. It is even the basis of what is scientifically true. Mere "reason" has nothing on tradition. http://theanti-puritan.blogspot.com/2017/05/how-to-not-think-well-or-relentless.html …
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8/ In short, progress does not require the destruction of faith, but the maintenance of the principle of trial and error, accretion, experimentation, and exit. REALITY MUST BE DISCOVERED
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9/ Other things that are traditions: Rights: a tradition of how to prevent injustice. Language: a tradition of communication. Gender: a tradition of sex roles that facilitate the perpetuation of the human species.
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10/ Medicine: a tradition of what heals the human body. Engineering: a tradition of how to build things so they don't fall down.
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