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by robocat
18 days ago
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> knowing what questions to ask in the first place That's my 2nd hardest skill when trying to use AI. 3rd hardest is better filtering. I keep having flashbacks to learning how to use Google effectively. I'm an arthiest, but I'm in a historically christian society so bible stuff comes up and I often delve in. Whenever I do look into the bible, it amazes me just how extremely bullshitty vague the bible actually is. I don't understand why people argue about it, or pay attention to past arguments (many famous examples). If I wanted to argue about vague shit I'd be into philosophy or psychology or I could choose any of the many other branches of argument. Humans are not very logical. At least capitalism has a clearer scorecard. Last nerdsniped look was about Angels due to Scott Alexander: (The Bible describes very clearly what angels look like. [snip] This is the highest-grade antimeme I feel comfortable using as an example; if you don’t see the fnords they can’t eat you.)
Edit: Which just meta-nerdsniped me finishing up on the beaut Hispanic word "Marianismo". |
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Though I take issue with one statement you made - "If I wanted to argue about vague shit I'd be into philosophy..." though I do sympathize.
Modern analytic philosophy in particular, if it is good, is all about trying to be exceedingly precise, often in domains where objects like the Bible (as you noted) are exceedingly vague. Philosophy has some catching up to do, but ultimately one should not disparage it so cavalierly. After all, the best philosophers were usually also the members of society most against the sort of uncritical religiosity that seems to appeal to so many, as it does now and even more severely through the ages, before the efforts of such thinkers to enlighten their fellow human were realized.
If there is a subject that seeks to answer the question of "how to ask questions" it is surely philosophy. The best mathematicians were often well acquainted. In the most famous times of "human flourishing" the philosophers and the mathematicians were one and the same.
But yes, there is a lot of bad philosophy. And there is a lot of religion pretending to be science. Sad, but it has always been true.
Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur