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September 28th 2005, 04:04 PM
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Lurkala
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"If someone believed that the earth is banana shaped..."

Yes, you should investigate it rather than reject it out of hand, or you're no better than someone who says the Earth is banana-shaped and rejects out of hand any possibility that it might be otherwise.

Don't forget, there were very many highly intelligent, highly educated people who knew that the Earth was flat because religious leaders told them so, and persecuted people who thought that it might possibly be round. And now that we have had people travel all the way around the world there is evidence that it is not flat.

If you are truly objective, then you will actually investigate when a new approach is suggested to you. And that is what science does that Objectisism it seems does not.

Science, unlike religion, does not deal in beliefs. Theory is held to be "the best explanation we have at this time" rather than absolutely true, and belief is held to be "absolutely true" - QUITE a difference.

If Objectivism is not a religion, then it will not have beliefs at all, because beliefs are always subjective.

Apparently, people who believe in Objectivism cannot tolerate any ambiguity. Unfortunately, ambiguity is also a part of reality.