samedi 28 septembre 2013

People who fight against irrationality obstruct new scientific development

I see that some critical thinkers, some atheïsts, etc... have adopted the illusion that 'the thinking process' is "using rationality'.



They think that 'math' is the only road to reality. They are spreading the word that 'rationality' is the only way to discover how nature works.



I want to say: that's an illusion.



Not the secure logic steps in mathematics leads to the evolution of science, but above all:

The passion, fascination, fantasy or imagination and the acceptance of trial and failure during the process of thinking can lead to new intresting ideas. Not being sure at all what the outcome shall be of your trial. Not be sure that it leads to anything intresting at all, is the road to new discoveries.



It's most of the time imagination, asking questions, using analogy (thinking by association), fail many times, do it over again, being critisized, integrating this feedback, doing it over again, making associations by coincidence, not being sure at all that it will lead to something intresting.



And this process is all driven by passion and fascination.

Rational theories are build on irrational processes. (imagination, passion, fascination, trial and error)



But some critical thinkers and teachers of contempary science give the wrong message that 'only secure staps of reasoning (math) will lead to discoveries'. But the rationality of math alone did not let to great ideas.



We know that people like Newton tried and failed many times before they got it right. That's the process of creativity.

And being an non-conventional thinker, using path of thinking and paths of association which were not tried before, can be a basis for new discoveries. Uncertainty, not being sure where this road will take you, and fail, was the path of the evolution science during history.



And you never know in advance what the outcome will be.



So, irrationality, crackpot physics, cranks with passion, fascination, patience, frustration,etc are using the building blocks of great ideas.

The people who fight against irrationality are, in fact, blocking the evolution of new scientific discoveries.



But of course: the irrational idea is not rational or truth. But irrationality is a fundament for discovering new rational ideas.





via JREF Forum http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=265953&goto=newpost

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