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Thursday, April 20, 2006
There's a new DilbertBlog inspired ramble at Wittgenstein's Bastard.
Adams says:When I encounter extra-smart people who are also religious, I tend to ask a lot of questions trying to find out why. What I have discovered is this: Under my special powers of interrogation, the extra-smart religious people almost always admit (privately) that their religion is more of a choice than a perception. In other words, for the extra-smart, the concept of God exists, and that concept benefits their lives, independent of any literal truth. It’s a lot like being an atheist while keeping the benefits of being religious. That’s exactly the sort of extra-smart solution you would expect from extra-smart people. I think the real story, though, is not about how educated believers regard the world. It's about the ways you can shape the world you inhabit if you believe in having choices where others think they don't.
posted by gbarto at 8:32 PM
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