[MD] Journey to the Stars

[david buchanan]

John said:
The arrogance of Humanism which treats the cosmos like an object that can be weighed, measured in age, analyzed and defined from man's  subjective perspective. Can anything cure such a wide-spread inculcation of hubris?


dmb says:

As I understand it, there has never been a worldview (scientific, humanistic, mythological or otherwise) that didn't include some kind of cosmology. In Joseph Campbell's view, for example, every healthy mythological system has to have a coherent picture of the universe. If having a cosmology is hubristic then all worldviews are full of hubris.
I'd also object to the notion that the cosmological picture painted by scientific materialism even constitutes humanism. Glorifying humanity is about the last thing it does. As the bumper-sticker so succinctly puts it, that picture portrays you and me as "a tiny speck in a cold, ruthless universe". It paints a picture of reality that is entirely indifferent to human interests. Christianity, on the other hand, portrays you and me as the reason the universe was created and puts us at the very center of a great cosmic drama, involving the sacrifice of God's only son on humanity's behalf, that will determine the fate of our eternal souls. I mean, if you're looking for signs of excessive self importance, I think you might be barking up the wrong tree.
You're right about one thing, though. That Stephen Hawking is a real idiot. Newton and Einstein were also too stupid to realize that science is just another faith-based religion. All scientists are arrogant pricks who just need to get right with God. (Please read this part with a sarcastic tone.)

Thanks.

   
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