"Smart people love being smart and declaring things obviously false or obviously correct" - I increasingly think of this every time Richard Dawkins opens his mouth/sits at his keyboard. For somebody who was once professor of the public understanding of science, his understanding of science seems appalling, he appears to have pretty much everything pre-judged.
Me? I'm not quite ready to rule Newton wrong on alchemy, yet (am increasingly finding alchemical metaphors useful - got Jones the Geometry to blame for that! And I'm currently reading John Martineau's "A Little Book of Coincidence in the Solar System" which seems to imply that, mathematically/geometrically at least, the alchemists may have been onto something)
"Smart people love being smart and declaring things obviously false or obviously correct" - I increasingly think of this every time Richard Dawkins opens his mouth/sits at his keyboard. For somebody who was once professor of the public understanding of science, his understanding of science seems appalling, he appears to have pretty much everything pre-judged.
Me? I'm not quite ready to rule Newton wrong on alchemy, yet (am increasingly finding alchemical metaphors useful - got Jones the Geometry to blame for that! And I'm currently reading John Martineau's "A Little Book of Coincidence in the Solar System" which seems to imply that, mathematically/geometrically at least, the alchemists may have been onto something)
Hi, I'm new to your writing so excuse me for my not knowing.
1. Have you looked at the writings of dan Williams https://danwilliamsphilosophy.com/2023/12/04/misinformation-is-not-a-virus-and-you-cannot-be-vaccinated-against-it/
Or https://iai.tv/articles/misinformation-is-the-symptom-not-the-disease-daniel-walliams-auid-2690
2. Have you reviewed any books in regards to ways of knowing or conspiracy theories such as "how minds change" or full proof