Spiritualist BV practitioners vs. pseudoskeptic BS practitioners

hiddensailor14 said:When I talk about language, I mean the tool used to communicate "sciences," not science itself. It's the same with math—it's just the language used by technical and natural sciences (since the others can't really handle it☕)
Besides, language on its own isn't a science

Ugh, don't even get me started on psychology🙄 If those people actually had what it takes, they would have spent six years in med school before starting a psychiatry residency🙏
The social methodology of these so-called "sciences" is a joke, and don't even get me started on their theories🤣

To sum it all up: social scientists are ridiculous, incompetent, and clueless. Their social methodology is a laugh, and their theories are straight-up ROFL.

Interesting thought process... though you haven't really backed it up with any arguments. That's a bit odd coming from someone claiming to be a "hard scientist"... or maybe it isn't?

Could you please expand on your points? Let's start with history, economics, or law, since those fields are pretty close to my area of expertise. (Feel free to hit me up in DMs or chat)

And seriously, stop bringing up your sexual obsessions..

hiddensailor14 said:Look, rustyangler02, do me a favor and actually read the whole article Robin Palmer3 linked to before jumping in. Let me know what you think after.

I don't really have the energy to dive deep into this piece because it doesn't seem worth the effort. It feels like it's throwing around vague, undefined terms and gets pretty paranoid regarding atheism—which is typical, since believers often struggle to actually perceive what atheism is.

The gist of the argument is basically this:

Materialism (though that term is a bit fuzzy here) + atheism + metaphysical naturalism (where people totally trip up) = pseudo-skepticism (fake skepticism 😕)

Then you have these pseudo-skeptic organizations using Stalinist tactics to tear down mediocre spiritualists. And then there's MMA, Muay Thai, and boxing 🙄 Beautifully Alone 👍

The one thing I can get behind is that nobody should be completely closed off to new ideas. You shouldn't be overly conservative, aggressive, or hostile toward people with different views. Don't belittle them.

By the way, from what I've seen, a huge percentage of athletes are religious.

This is moving into religious territory.
By the way, people tend to confuse casual believers with those who possess true, deep faith.

If you ask me, all this talk about a "mystical element" isn't actually any more mystical than the speed of light, magnetic radiation, a lightning strike, the birth of a star, atomic fission, or even a sonic boom. Everything we call "unexplained mysticism" today was once just something we didn't have a framework for yet, but now we have a pretty clear scientific picture of how those things work. All these phenomena have existed since the beginning of time, regardless of whether we’ve figured out the mechanics behind them or not.

I’ve actually had some personal experiences during seminars led by some truly great masters where I got to try out some simple things, like attempting to move someone from their spot. Even though the instructor was half my size, I couldn't budge him an inch! Then, at a different seminar, I stood before another master who seemed to be reciting techniques just as I was thinking about performing them. To me, it feels both wonderful and incredibly strange, and honestly, I’m a believer.

At the end of the day, everyone is entitled to their own perspective, and this just happens to be mine. 😉

[QUOTE=GLADIJATOR;21676854]This is getting into religious territory.
By the way, people tend to confuse casual believers with those who are truly devout.[/QUOTE

Look, everyone believes in something, if you think about it. Personally, I put all my faith in a perfectly executed armbar and a solid high kick—those are my gods.[/QUOTE]