Today millions of people throughout the civilized world worship different gods and fear demons, while some try to placate their gods with incantations, sacrifices alteration, and flattery; others use astrological charts and pendulums for arriving at decisions. Until scientific inquiry came of age, human beings could not comprehend the relationship to the physical world so they invented their own explanations. These explanations tended to be simple and some more harmful, resulting in religious rituals, superstations, astrology, neurology, fortunetelling, and more. Millions of people still excepting follow these ancient beliefs. The difference between a scientist and a metaphysician is that a scientist asks a question and engages in experiments to determine the nature of the physical world; this process also requires that the experiments be verified by others who must get the same results. In contrast, metaphysicians fabricate answers that are emotionally pleasing and require no verification, a process that is subjective and not in touch with the real or physical world. Excerpts from The Best That Money Cant Buy-Beyond Politics, Poverty, and War by Jacque Fresco, 2002 (The Venus Project) youtu.be/KphWsnhZ4Ag
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 08:32:31 +0000
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