[escepticos] Un converso

[Pedro J. Hdez]

El día 20 de agosto de 2010 12:05, Pastronomía
<pastronomia en adinet.com.uy> escribió:
> Exactamente!!!
>
> Hace un tiempo atrás lo puse en el facebook.

Anda. Te sigo en Facebook pero creo no te hago suficiente caso ;-)

saludos

Pedro J.

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> De: escepticos-bounces en dis.ulpgc.es [mailto:escepticos-bounces en dis.ulpgc.es]
> En nombre de Pedro J. Hdez
> Enviado el: jueves, 19 de agosto de 2010 15:22
> Para: Lista Escépticos; esceptican en yahoogroups.com
> Asunto: [escepticos] Un converso
>
> 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/
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> "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
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> --
> Pedro J. Hdez
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Pedro J. Hdez
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