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by anthk 1117 days ago
Ah, yes, let's follow any UFO wacko then vs the NASA and the results of the SETI project.

Or a chamanic wizard against a surgeon in a hospital. Why not?

At least Peano axioms work.

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It would be the same as equating a medically inept quack (who got his medical degree by way of cheating) to a surgeon who is an expert in his field. If you go to a medically inept quack, suffer under his care (or lack thereof) and think all surgeons are the same it would just be your bad luck/experience and does not, in any way, degrade the expert surgeon who has treated plenty of patients successfully under his care.

Same way, to study ancient scriptures and their actual meaning, you shouldn't be going to random quacks or reading translations written by such quacks. There are experts in this field for a reason. Study under them.

To give you a start on this journey, might I suggest reading Philosophy of Madhvacharya? [1]

[1]: https://michaelsudduth.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Philos...

Thank you for the book recommendation. I dispense the snark. Open your mind to sound logical systems starting at axioms you might not have thought of beforehand. Or don't. I loose nothing either way.