[escepticos] Un converso

[Pedro J. Hdez]

Estaba leyendo a un new ager de esos que escribían libros y todo
convertido al escepticismo y la ciencia (increíble pero cierto). Y me
ha parecido importante este párrafo
http://www.csicop.org/si/show/bridging_the_chasm_between_two_cultures/

"One of the biggest falsehoods I've encountered is that skeptics can't
tolerate mystery, while New Age people can. This is completely wrong,
because it is actually the people in my culture who can't handle
mystery—not even a tiny bit of it. Everything in my New Age culture
comes complete with an answer, a reason, and a source. Every action,
emotion, health symptom, dream, accident, birth, death, or idea here
has a direct link to the influence of the stars, chi, past lives,
ancestors, energy fields, interdimensional beings, enneagrams, devas,
fairies, spirit guides, angels, aliens, karma, God, or the Goddess.

We love to say that we embrace mystery in the New Age culture, but
that’s a cultural conceit and it’s utterly wrong. In actual fact, we
have no tolerance whatsoever for mystery. Everything from the smallest
individual action to the largest movements in the evolution of the
planet has a specific metaphysical or mystical cause. In my opinion,
this incapacity to tolerate mystery is a direct result of my culture’s
disavowal of the intellect. One of the most frightening things about
attaining the capacity to think skeptically and critically is that so
many things don't have clear answers. Critical thinkers and skeptics
don't create answers just to manage their anxiety."

Ya lo decía Asimov "Examinen fragmentos de pseudociencia y encontrarán
un manto de protección, un pulgar que chupar, unas faldas a las que
agarrarse. Y, ¿qué ofrecemos nosotros a cambio? ¡Incertidumbre!
¡Inseguridad!"

saludos

-- 
Pedro J. Hdez
Ecos del futuro
http://ecos.blogalia.com