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In reply to the discussion: Sports Illustrated cover - practically porn? [View all]hifiguy
(33,688 posts)And you're not supposed to question it. Even if it can't be verified by science. Even if it can be cast into doubt by real science. Especially if it can be disproved by the methods of real science. In fact, it's wrong to apply something as human-made as science to dare to question truth handed down from on high. You can see where this line of thought leads, and in one big goddamn hurry - the same mental processes, and I use the term loosely, as the fundys. Bad mojo and it amazes me to see self-professed lefties fall into this obvious trap, but time and again they do. This kind of thinking is so bad it doesn't even deserve the label "wrong."
Anything worth seriously thinking about which isn't purely aesthetic - art, music, poetry - should be subject to analysis via the scientific method. We know it works. The scientific method underlies modern medicine, transportation, and life itself as we know it. Science flies you to the moon and back. Belief flies you into buildings, real or metaphorical.