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Originally posted by bigben2k
Well, mysticism isn't quite a "problem", but it is starting to impede on good science. Correctness is only natural, and I think that science will eventually prevail. We just need a better education system  .
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The trend (back) toward mysticism is
the most serious threat to human progress now extant. When you can hold non-reality (faith) as valid as reality (science), you threaten the very nature of knowledge itself.
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Originally posted by bigben2k
I'm glad we see it similarly. Leaders understand many things, but that doesn't automatically make then "good guys".
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It doesn't necessarily make them "bad guys" either. Opportunistic, perhaps..... e.g.: G. W. Bush after 9/11 for a more contemporary (and more benign) example... but that is a topic for another thread.
Bob