Michael P. Hopcroft wrote:
Ray Saintonge wrote:
Michael P. Hopcroft wrote:
First of all, the man is an ASTROLOGER. That
doesn't bode well for
his logical capacities in the first place unless he's an outright
fraud. "Serious discusssion of astrology" is no more possible than
serious discussion of the belief that every object in the Universe
is a uniform shade of purple.
That's a shamefully ignorant comment of the kind that can be expected
from those who believe more in scientism than science.
I have no idea what 'scientism" is, but I do know that the idea that
randomly placed thermonuclear reactors dozens, hundreds and thousands
of light-years away have a direct influence on what happens to human
beings on Earth is illogical to the point of delusion. Even if they
were capable of thought, which is insanity in itself, how could they
possibly care?
According to Oxford scientism is the "excessive belief in the power of
scientific knowledge and techniques." In many instances it takes on the
characteristics of a religion.
You began by making a wild comment about astrology and astrologers, and
now you want to compound the issue with your creationist premise that
someone has been going around placing thermonuclear reactors just so
that you can set up some kind of straw man argument.
Some hypotheses are too utterly absurd to be worth
exploring. And I'm
going to drop the subject at this point because we are getting
woefully off-topic.
Absurdity is a Point of View, but since the only hypothesis that has
been raised is yours about the placement of thermonuclear reactors, I
must agree with you.
Since you were the one that raised the issue of astrology and chose to
say nothing about it, and furthermore want to drop your subject I must
agree with that and accept your apology.
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