Saturday, October 19, 2013

Reppert's Corollary

I'm Skeptical wrote: Neil deGrasse Tyson made an interesting comment about religious people in science. He said that he doesn't care if you have religious views while working in the science lab. But if you think you have the answers based on your religion, and that causes you to not have the curiosity to seek further knowledge on those questions, then he has no need for you in the lab.

Sounds great, so long as you include Reppert's Corollary: But if you think you have the answers based on your atheism, and that causes you to not have the curiosity to seek further knowledge on those questions, then he has no need for you in the lab.

But if you say "Oh, no, that would never be a concern. No one's atheism could cause they to lack the curiosity to  seek further knowledge," then you're a fundamentalist in the perjorative sense.

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