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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker Jun 23

    Should reason, science, and humanism replace faith? A conversation with Nick Spencer.https://www.thebigconversation.show/steven-pinker-and-nick-spencer …

    6:02 AM - 23 Jun 2018
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      1. Morgan Johnson‏ @J45320405Morgan Jun 23
        Replying to @sapinker

        How about co-existence in different spheres? Empiricism for practical matters of public interest because it works, and faith for soothing existential angst in private.

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      1. Jeffrey Itell‏ @babkah Jun 23
        Replying to @sapinker

        I thought that reason, science and humanism began replacing faith five hundred years ago; and, now, algorithms are beginning to replace reason, science, and humanism.

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      2. Leonardo Zara‏ @leonardo_zara Jun 23
        Replying to @sapinker

        Such a good question.

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      3. Daniel Goldman‏ @alc_anthro Jun 23
        Replying to @leonardo_zara @sapinker

        Should a hammer replace scissors? Faith exists because there are things we want to know and yet have no known method of investigation. #Science itself relies on faith, or at least assumptions: reality is logically consistent, our most recent observations are accurate, etc.

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      4. Leonardo Zara‏ @leonardo_zara Jun 23
        Replying to @alc_anthro @sapinker

        I agree with you on the part that we are searching for things that only faith can help us with. But the replacement are for those who can’t live through faith, because they tried.

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      5. Daniel Goldman‏ @alc_anthro Jun 23
        Replying to @leonardo_zara @sapinker

        Well, unless you want to differentiate between belief and assumption, pretty much everyone relies on faith to an extent. I tend to live through assumption rather than faith, and it's rather disturbing.

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      6. Daniel Goldman‏ @alc_anthro Jun 23
        Replying to @alc_anthro @leonardo_zara @sapinker

        Sometimes I wonder if reality is even logically consistent, because if it's not, #science fails completely. That's troubling.

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      7. Hannes Muck‏ @__Hannes___ Jun 23
        Replying to @alc_anthro @leonardo_zara @sapinker

        Reality in terms of physical laws is logical. But the way humans create their world -using e.g. constructs or categorization- leads to a different not in itself fully logical perception of reality. Science is trying to bridge that gap.

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      8. Leonardo Zara‏ @leonardo_zara Jun 23
        Replying to @__Hannes___ @alc_anthro @sapinker

        E.g. ?

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      9. Andrew Nightingale‏ @andynighting Jun 24
        Replying to @leonardo_zara @__Hannes___ and

        The sun rising and setting feeling like its orbiting the earth, even though we know it doesn't. Then the fact that none of this tells us anything about what it's like to experience watching the sun set

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      1. Pep Linden‏ @Pep_Linden Jun 23
        Replying to @sapinker

        You don't need to replace faith, just let it die and justifiable depression set in.

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      1. Francis C. Thomas‏ @FThomasRE Jun 23
        Replying to @sapinker

        Great conversation gentlemen. Half way through but wanted to express appreciation for both sides.

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      1. Adam Dash‏ @AdamJDash Jun 26
        Replying to @sapinker

        One should first ask whether we need to replace faith at all. I mean, do we need to replace cancer when we cure it?

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      2. Dustin A Fina‏ @Dustinfinapsyc Jun 26
        Replying to @sapinker

        I understand the most importance of science, logic, and reason. For relative reasons it is what progresses us forward, and cannot be done without it. If you understand science though, you should understand we’re science comes down to belief, and faith. It fights the impossible.

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      3. Dustin A Fina‏ @Dustinfinapsyc Jun 26
        Replying to @Dustinfinapsyc @sapinker

        Were*

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      1. Elizabeth Oldfield‏ @TheosElizabeth Jun 25
        Replying to @sapinker @Theosthinktank

        Thanks for sharing Steven.

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      1. kl‏ @kl60199572 Jun 24
        Replying to @sapinker

        Reason, science and VULCANISM should replace humanity. For the good of the universe.

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      2. John Hudson‏ @johndavidhudson Jun 24
        Replying to @sapinker @UnbelievableJB

        If atheism had reason, science, or even humanism on its side, then I'd become an atheist in a heartbeat. But all of these are corollaries of the Christian worldview. None of them follow from naturalism.

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      4. James Hamilton‏ @thesalisburyway Jun 25
        Replying to @Atheist_Dragon @johndavidhudson and

        Pinker concedes that atheism without reason, science or humanism is nothing. Christianity has been at its best when combining them with profound understanding of the reality and love of God.

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