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 | The Arrogance of Authority  Any acceptance of authority is the very denial of truth. Krishnamurti |
No Man Has Any Natural Authority Over His Fellow Men
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
 | A DEA officer stopped at a ranch in Texas, and talked with an old rancher. He told the rancher, "I need to inspect your ranch for illegally grown drugs." The rancher said, "Okay, but don't go in that field over there.....", as he pointed out a distant location. |
Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence:
he is just using his memory.
Leonardo da Vinci
| The DEA officer verbally exploded, saying, "Mister, I have the authority of the Federal Government with me!" Reaching into his rear pants pocket, he removed his badge and proudly displayed it to the rancher. "See this badge?! This badge means I am allowed to go wherever I wish.... on ANY land!! No questions asked or answers given!! Have I made myself clear...... do you understand???" |  |
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of the truth.
Albert Einstein
 | The rancher nodded politely, apologized,  and went about his chores. |
I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results they led,
and bearding every authority which stood in their way.
Thomas Jefferson
| A short time later, the old rancher heard loud screams, looked up and saw the DEA officer running for his life, being chased by the rancher's enormous Santa Gertrudis bull...... |  |
The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.
Kenneth Blanchard
 | With every step the bull was gaining ground on the officer, and it seemed likely that the officer would be gruesomely gored before he reached safety. The man was clearly terrified. |
My desire to devolve authority has nothing to do with a wish to shirk responsibility.
Dalai Lama
 ran to the fence and yelled at the top of his lungs..... |  |
Ultimate authority resides with the people.
James Madison
 | "Your badge........ show him your BADGE!!" |
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence. Leonardo da Vinci  It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. Benjamin Franklin |
"The trouble with quotes from the internet is you never know if they are genuine."
Mahatma Gandhi
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 | Agnostic Science  ‘I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.’ Mark Twain |
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.
Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories instead of theories to suit facts.
Arthur Conan Doyle
Science is Agnostic I am a scientist. What I use to discern things is the scientific method for arriving at facts and testable theories that make sense of these facts. As a guide, The Carl Sagan Baloney Toolkit is very handy in this regard.I'm also a zen buddhist. It's not a religion. There is no god to be worshiped. Nor is there a doctrine or scripture. Zen is a way of life. As to the argument of if there is a god, that is between Theists and Atheists, I am part of neither camp. I neither believe nor disbelieve in the proposition. I'm an Agnostic on this question. |  "The scientist is not a person who gives the right answers, he is one who asks the right questions." Claude Lévi-Strauss |
It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble.
It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.
Mark Twain
It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.
Mark Twain
 | "Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing Thomas Jeffersonthan he who believes what is wrong." |
Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own.
You may both be wrong.
Dandemis
A Damn Good Argument Here's why I'm an agnostic. And it is because of the rigor of science that I have come to this conclusion. I won't make many arguments, only one question. Sagan's Toolkit provides one that should be asked.But You may still both be wrong. - "Ask whether the hypothesis can, at least in principle, be falsified (shown to be false by some unambiguous test). In other words, it is testable? Can others duplicate the experiment and get the same result?" So now, the hypothesis on the existence of god. A great deal of logic and philosophy and blind faith have gone into these debates from both sides. Both are based on belief. Yes, belief. Belief in the meaning of "confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof". Theists have yet to demonstrate any empirical evidence. But then neither have the Atheists any conclusive proof of the contrary. And while religion is definitely not value-free, many forget that atheists too, are not value-free. Strictly speaking, there is no data one way or the other. Based on science, that demands facts, the conclusion I come to is agnostism. I border between being a strong or a weak one. I'm open to any empirical proof but haven't seen any yet. Skeptical, I don't think there is one. "To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact." Charles Darwin | "The question [Do you believe in God?] has a peculiar structure. If I say no, do I mean I'm convinced God doesn't exist, or do I mean I'm not convinced he does exist? Those are two very different questions." Dr. Arroway in Carl Sagan's Contact  Historically, throughout many ages and cultures, alchemy was a union of protoscience and spirituality. Alchemy sought the purification and transmutation of both matter and spirit. Noble intent maybe, but it's not objective science.  "Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep thoughts can be winnowed from deep nonsense." Carl Sagan |
We should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights.
With it comes a certain decency, humility and community spirit.
Carl Sagan
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 | "The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic." Charles Darwin |
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