Re: How Does Magic(k) Work?
Exactly. People cling to their worldviews at the best of times, and when you have scientists and academics who've dedicated their lives to, or built a career on, a specific idea or concept, or have fundamental ideas which they were taught at an early age and have had reinforced for decades, it's understandable that they have a really hard time letting them go. Nobody likes to see the world change under their feet, or admit that what they've been saying their whole life is wrong.
Hell, I had a really hard time moving from a a hardcore, materialist, atheist to, well, whatever the hell I am now, and that was with constant exposure to all sorts of weirdness staring me in the face, but I blocked it out for ages because 'it couldn't be true.' I still find myself scratching my head sometimes and wondering when all this crazy stuff became a part of my life, but at the same time I couldn't deny it any more than I could deny that the sky is blue. So I can sympathize.
I can't remember who said it, but I was watching a lecture a while back where a researcher made that exact point, new ideas don't become accepted by changing the minds of the current establishment, but by exposing younger individuals to them while their minds are still flexible and they're less invested in their worldview, who then grow up to be the new establishment. Which gives me some measure of hope for the future
Exactly. People cling to their worldviews at the best of times, and when you have scientists and academics who've dedicated their lives to, or built a career on, a specific idea or concept, or have fundamental ideas which they were taught at an early age and have had reinforced for decades, it's understandable that they have a really hard time letting them go. Nobody likes to see the world change under their feet, or admit that what they've been saying their whole life is wrong.
Hell, I had a really hard time moving from a a hardcore, materialist, atheist to, well, whatever the hell I am now, and that was with constant exposure to all sorts of weirdness staring me in the face, but I blocked it out for ages because 'it couldn't be true.' I still find myself scratching my head sometimes and wondering when all this crazy stuff became a part of my life, but at the same time I couldn't deny it any more than I could deny that the sky is blue. So I can sympathize.
I can't remember who said it, but I was watching a lecture a while back where a researcher made that exact point, new ideas don't become accepted by changing the minds of the current establishment, but by exposing younger individuals to them while their minds are still flexible and they're less invested in their worldview, who then grow up to be the new establishment. Which gives me some measure of hope for the future
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