Quote of the Day

Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western religion, rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of Western science.
- Gary Zukav

How is it that people feel so confident about cherry picking their way through reality? Doesn't the very act of cherry picking what you'll believe in, undermine your whole reason for believing it? I'm talking about people that reject out right proven facts so they can go on believing their little fairytales that make them feel better about certain psychologically troubling unknowns. If you want to believe that the Earth is 6000 year sold, or that American Indians are a lost tribe of Israelites, you can't also believe in DNA testing, or put money in the NYSE that uses atomic clocks to execute transactions. How can a physical process be valid enough for you to send someone to jail for life, or risk thousands of dollars of your retirement on, but not be valid when it comes to disproving myths that were obviously made up by centuries old tyrants and con-men? Doesn't the belief that a certain physical process is true when you want it to be but not true when you don't want it to be, mean that said physical process can't be trusted at all?