The Science of Faith and the Faith in Science

Thinking always pertains to systems, and all systems are based on faith

This morning, while working on catching up with my reading, I happened upon the following seminal and thought-provoking article:

https://wmbriggs.substack.com/p/the-taboos-and-magical-beliefs-of

Instead of taking up a lot of space in the comment section after the article, I decided to publish my thoughts here.

Racism

Humans are tribal by nature; pack animals. In order to maintain the identity of their groups, they HAVE TO be “racist.” And they are, unless they have lost touch with their ancestry and their cultural identity.

Inferiority and superiority depend on the system in which the terms are applied. Whatever serves the purpose of a system better is usually considered “superior.”

My problem with Schweitzer is that he considered life the highest value, whereas only a live lived well can pass as such in most cases. In fact, during the plandemic, the criminally manipulative slogan of “saving lives” followed this principle, and Schweitzer was among its first advocates:

https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/the-fallacy-of-saving-lives

Still, no matter what value system is being used, there is not a single one in which people are equal and it works for preserving communities.

Beliefs determine even logical thoughts

Beliefs (including taboos) can indeed cure (the placebo effect exceeded 60% by 2002) or kill:

https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/why-are-all-these-websites-keep-repeating

As all systemic thinking must rely on premises that must be accepted by faith, there is always a bit of magical thinking present even in the most iron-clad findings.

Categorization tends to indicate a desperate attempt at maintaining cognitive security, but it is inevitable in all problem-solving systems. To make matters worse, everyone’s cognitive segmentation is personal and usually doesn’t quite fit into verbalized patterns. As opposed to linguistic determinism, people think in concepts, not in language. Culturally-specific implications further complicate the matter, so in the end, all discussions must meet certain criteria:

https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/steve-kirsch-is-challenging-again

“Covid”

As a side note, please, allow me to share my embarrassment about how anybody could ever get “covid,” which is the muzzle-wearer in Briggs’s article supposedly contracted. The tests were toxic, dangerous, humiliating, and fraudulent, while the symptoms were specific of radiation poisoning (5G?):

https://rayhorvaththesource.substack.com/p/do-you-want-to-know-your-radiation

Even the disposable muzzle was suitable for causing “covid” symtoms, due to the toxins it contained (two carcinogens and graphene) and the oxygen deprivation combined with the Petri dish of elevated bacterial and CO2 levels it caused for the wearer, which often resulted in bacterial pneumonia that, of course, was “diagnosed” as “covid.”

Faith

Faith addresses existential questions. Science involves solving mundane problems. The two do not operate in the same plane. Prayer is not going to lift an airplane, and science, when it comes to the purpose of life, is not worth a prayer.