Re: We didn't start the fire? was Re: Alignment and 4E

Bradd W. Szonye wrote:
tussock wrote:
Allen Wessels wrote:
Faith lets you keep going sometimes when reason says to give up.

If it's really reason telling you to give up, you're best to give up.

Reason is only as good as the premises. If you suspect that some of the
premises are false, that the reasoning is valid but unsound, then you're
best to discard it. If you have nothing better to go on, you may as well
follow your beliefs, as then you'll at least be able to follow through
with conviction.

If I don't know what the hell I'm doing, I should get help, not trust
to unreasoned beliefs. If you're thinking of going somewhere there's no
help to be had, *don't* do that until you know what you're doing.

Our brains are teh awesome at sharing knowledge. Live it.

(For what it's worth, it's been my observation that people who pride
themselves on their reasoning are often poor at examining premises.
While they're very good at constructing and examining valid arguments,
the foundations are often unsound.)

That's where education and experience come in handy. Before you spend
a day in the mountains, spend a while reading about mountain survival,
get geared up by people who've done it before, don't go if the weather's
imperfect, and start off with the easiest thing you can imagine (a few
nights in the back yard, when the weather's nice, living off what you're
taking with you, like real mountaineers do).

Oh, and your pack? It's too heavy, do it again.

--
tussock

I'm like a box of chocolates; you never know what you're gunna get.
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