On 2/9/2017 6:03 AM, Bruno Marchal wrote:
Many religious people believe that the idea that God cares more on
humans than on spiders (say) is just utter arrogance, vanity, and
delusional.
"Many"? That's the fallacy of the dangling comparison. Many
compared to what? Not compared to the number who believe the contrary.
Read Aldous Huxley, or read the Platonists (before and after JC), or
read the texts of the mystics.
Then, also, science is not a question of the number of people
believing this or that.
But the meaning of words is defined by usage - and in usage numbers count.
Brent
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