Re: Mensa's and their inferiority complex

With his insight that you cannot deduce a cause from an effect (think
of the body in the library, the immaculately mannered butler, Inspector
Clueso), Hume undermined the theory of knowledge appertaining in his
own time.

'foolsrushin.'


Marc wrote:
Edward Kitto wrote:
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Let's face it:

Besides having a superiority complex, most mensa's have an
inferiority complex.

They aren't sure of themselves at all.

Instead of *investigating* the paranormal, they just like to think
they are smart, so smart to understand it can't be true.

Many Mensa member I know *believe* in the paranormal, actually more
than in the general population.


For some it is experience not belief that is the telling factor.

Is this not so, Claude?

Ed

It is the interpretation of the experience. People who want to believe in
the paranormal will do so and are not phased by the lack of credible
evidence gained through experiment (and along with the paranormal, you can
also throw in astrology, channelling, reincarnation etc etc) .

As Hume said (something like) reason is the slave of emotion. People
generally presume an anthropocentric viewpoint of the universe at large, ie
the universe is essentially just a backdrop for human affairs and hence they
take comfort in believing in things that make humans seem 'special'. They
are quite happy to substitute their own private reality in place of the
reality as described objectively by scientific investigation. Intelligent
people just have more elaborate rationalisations to justify their
ill-founded beliefs. The stupid or the insecure frequently rely on some
interpretation of (any number of ) religions to justify their delusions.
All of this is simply an unwillingness to accept the world the way it is and
a blind, unthinking insistence that humans are at the pinnacle, regardless
of how clearly obvious it is that this is not the case. All summed up nicely
by Albert E: only two things are infinite, the universe and human
stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Marc

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